Bill,
The InCommon Technical Advisory Committee has launched an effort to develop a document that presents the landscape of identity-related projects of particular relevance to the Research and Education (R&E) community, including information about their state, the relationships among them, and gaps among those relationships and between the capabilities they provide and what is needed by this community. This Identity Landscape document is intended to provide information as input to strategic decision making by those providing leadership to the identified projects and to promote increased coordination among them. It will be written with those audiences in mind, though we also expect it to be shared widely with the R&E public.
As a representative of the CAS project, your participation in this effort would be invaluable to us and, we hope, to you as well. In order to give you an idea of what we're looking for, I have included a quick set of questionnaire topics that we are using to collect basic information about each project, as well as answers to that questionnaire for the Grouper project, at the bottom of this message. As you can see, we are looking for very brief summary information, although we may ask to schedule a telephone conversation at a later date to fill in additional information. Simply replying to this note, editing your responses into the Questionnaire Topics below would be greatly appreciated. We could also schedule a telephone interview to go through the questionnaire and draft answers for your review, if that works better for you.
Please let me know if you are willing to participate, or could designate someone else. Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you for your help.
David Walker
InCommon Technical Advisory Committee
dhwprof@gmail.com
Questionnaire Topics
Project Name
The name of the project.
Contacts
The people who provided this information.
Overview / Mission
A brief overview of the project's reason for being, what the products are, etc.
Goals / Roadmap
Specific goals the project has for the future. If available, also a time frame for achieving those goals.
Approach to Work
How priorities are set, the process for releasing deliverables, collaborative work style, expectations of members, etc.
Strategies for Sustainability
Strategies for funding, inclusion of new members, etc.
Relationships with Other Projects
Areas where there is observed interdependence or similarity with other projects.
Observed Gaps
Elements of the identity landscape that do not seem to exist, but are needed to achieve the project's goals.
Challenges
Potential roadblocks to achieving the project's goals.
More Information
URLs where further information about the project is available.
Notes
Miscellaneous notes that do not fit in the other categories.