[KI-LC] Teleconference Reminder

[Eve Maler]

Doffing my Secretary hat and donning my LC Member hat for this email,  
I have a few suggestions to make on the IdP Selector Work Group  
charter, for what they're worth.  I've copied Philippe here; I believe  
he's planning to join the call tomorrow to field any questions and  
feedback, and I can't make it onto the call, so hopefully these  
comments will explain themselves.

My feedback falls into two broad categories.

Editorial/clarity/other generic issues (these items could be eased for  
future charter-writers if we can get them into the template somehow,  
so it's also feedback for Joni):

- Can the mention of OASIS as the destination SDO be moved up?  The  
introduction is a bit coy about the choice of an SDO, and one has to  
look hard for the specific mention.  Ideally this info would appear  
exactly once somewhere.

- The phrase "identity provider selector/selection" isn't defined  
anywhere.  People previously involved in BMEG may know what it means,  
but a definition would be helpful to have on the record.

- The mention of the intent to write technical specs is buried a bit.   
The intro makes it sound like only requirements and marketing  
collateral will be produced, but then technical specs are mentioned  
later and the lifetime is set to five years, which suggests a long- 
term technical effort vs. just, say, publishing a minor revision of  
the existing requirements doc.

- In fact, five years just seems like a really long time no matter  
what; is it reasonable to set a shorter timeframe for a clearer set of  
outputs?  Even wholly new work should have some kind of output in 24  
months or less.  And people will be making decisions to get involved  
based on the resource cost over time...

Scoping:

- Given the joint discussions about "identity in the browser" that  
have taken place in Concordia, I'm hoping the intent is to be  
inclusive of the requirements and use cases that some others have  
tried to address with their work around OpenID and InfoCard.  This is  
where a definition, as noted above, could help -- but also, I wonder  
if a conversation with e.g. John Bradley, who has been a great  
linchpin on this issue, could help engage the broader community in  
this process.

Thanks,

	Eve


On Jun 2, 2009, at 4:25 PM, J. Trent Adams wrote:

> All -
>
> As a reminder, we're on for our next Leadership Council call tomorrow
> (Wednesday):
>
>    * Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009
>    * Time: 8am PDT | 11am EDT | 15:00 UTC [1]
>    * Dial-In: +1-218-862-7200
>    * Code: 896272
>
> In the last few hours the agenda has bulked out:
>
> 1. Approval of prior meeting minutes
> 2. WG / DG Ratification Process Discussion [Trent]
>     a. Please review: Work Group Approval Process DRAFT [2]
> 3. Begin Approval: IdP Selector Work Group
>     a. Please review: IdP Selector Work Group Charter [3]
>     b. Set date for vote [Trent]
> 4. Discuss Potential Logistics for September meeting in Las Vegas
> (co-located with DIDW) [Britta]
> 5. Bylaws & Operating Procedures Discussion [Trent]
> 6. FYI: Minor copy-paste correction to the Operating Procedure:  
> Annex B
> [Joni]
> 7. AOB
>
> Please feel free to add your own agenda items at the bottom (along  
> with
> your name) to the wiki:
>
> http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/x/ooBJ
>
> Talk with you then,
> Trent
>
> [1]
> http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=6&day=3&year=2009&hour=15&min=0&sec=0&p1=0&sort=2
> [2]
> http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/LC/Work+Group+Approval+Process
> [3] http://kantarainitiative.org/confluence/display/WGIDPSEL/Charter


Eve Maler                                          eve.maler @ sun.com
Emerging Technologies Director                    cell +1 425 345 6756
Sun Microsystems Identity Software                www.xmlgrrl.com/blog