The Internet2 Middleware Initiative focuses on developing interoperable identity and access management infrastructures for research and higher education. The initiative's work includes developing tools, roadmaps, software, practices, standards, and education. For more information about Internet2 Middleware Initiative, see the Background page.
Upcoming IAM Online March 11, 2010, 1:00 PM EST: Hot Topics and Current Issues in Identity and Access Management. (See participation details on the website.)
Middleware sessions at Spring Internet2 Member Meeting, April 26-28, 2010, Arlington, VA
InCommon has announced the dates for two key 2010 events. The 2010 Campus Architecture and Middleware Planning (CAMP) workshop will take place June 21-23, 2010, and the Advanced CAMP workshop will be held June 23-25, 2010. Details will be announced on the InCommon website (www.incommon.org).
Video: Connections: Stories and Dreams of Federated Identity session at EDUCAUSE 2009, 5 Nov 2009, Denver, CO
(Identity and Access Management Sessions at Educause 2009)
Grouper Groups Management Toolkit v1.5.0 released.
(16-December-2009)
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Shibboleth® Federated Single Sign-On Software: open-source web single sign-on and federating software. See an overview of Shibboleth. (pdf)
Grouper™ Groups Management Toolkit: used to manage group memberships across applications and track information such as campus affiliations or roles. See an overview of Grouper. (pdf)
The COmanage Collaborative Organization Management Platform: a platform that eases distributed authentication and access management for a group of collaborative applications. See an overview of COmanage. (pdf)
eduPerson and Related Schema: the Middleware Architecture Committee for Education Directories working group looks at how to describe common identity information for campus and federated relationships. MACE-DIR's many projects include the eduPerson, eduCourse, and eduOrg directory schemas.
MACE-paccman (Privilege and Access Management) Working Group: venue for tackling issues related to providing efficient and effective means for organizations and individuals to control access to computer-based resources, to ensure that resources are used in ways that comply with policy or otherwise meet organizational and individual goals.
MACE (Middleware Architecture Committee for Education) administers a Uniform Resource Name (URN) namespace, supporting the assignment of unique, global, persistent names to resources of various kinds by MACE and its delegates. MACE also administers an Object Identifier (OID) arc for identifying resources of various kinds for Internet2/MACE projects and working groups.
Featured Resources
Tao of Attributes Workshop (Presentations & Webcast archive)September 2009
Identity Management and Trust Services: Foundations for Cloud Computing
Kevin Morooney (The Pennsylvania State Univ.) and Jack Suess (Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County)
Educause Review, September/October 2009
PennGroups - Central Authorization at Penn (pdf)
Bill Kasenchar and Chris Hyzer, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Educause MidAtlantic Regional Conference, 7-Jan-2009
Internet Scale Identity, Collaboration and Research & Education,
Ken Klingenstein (Internet2) and RL "Bob" Morgan (Univ. of Washington) [Video]
Middleware News
16 December 2009
Grouper Groups Management Toolkit v1.5.0 released.
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29 June 2009
Open Source Leaders Collaborate on Identity Management Issues at Advanced CAMP.
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2 April 2009
Identity Services for Open Source Projects and Building Blocks for Access Management Featured in June 2009 CAMPs
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13 March 2009
Library Collaboration Invites Pilot Participation
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13 March 2009
InstallFests Provide Intensive Shibboleth Installation Experience
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Middleware Events
NOTE: Middleware sessions at Spring Internet2 Member MeetingApril 26-28, 2010, Arlington, VA
March 2010
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Jasig Spring 2010 Conference
8 - 12 Mar San Diego, CA |
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IAM Online: Hot Topics & Current Issues in Identity and Access Management
11 Mar online |
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EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional
15 - 17 Mar Chicago |
April 2010
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CNI Spring 2010 Membership Meeting
12 - 13 Apr Baltimore, MD |
To contact the Internet2 Middleware Initiative, send e-mail to i2mi-info@internet2.edu
