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Table of Contents

Introduction

This page serves as a reference for the requirements gathered in DJRA1.1.

Requirements

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ID

Requirement

Description

Type

Source

Architectural and Technical Requirements

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R1

User and Service Provider friendliness  

The Federated AAI framework should provide simple and intuitive tools that are able  to address the needs of users with different levels of ICT literacy and enable more  Service Providers (commercial and non-­commercial) to connect.

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Usability

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FIM4R, EGI, AARC Survey, GN4 Cloud

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Activity
R2

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Homeless users

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The Federated AAI framework should support users without a federated institutional  IdP, such as citizen scientists and researchers without formal association to research  laboratories or universities

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Functional

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FIM4R, TERENAa AAA, GN4-­1 SA5 VOPaaS

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R3

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Different

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levels of

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assuranceDescription Credentials issued under different policies and procedures should include the  provenance of the level under which they were issued  

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Functional

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FIM4R, ELIXIR, EUDAT, EGI, AARC Survey, GN4-­1 SA5 VOPaaS, GN3plus and  GN4-­1 SA5 Enabling

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Users 
R4

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Community-

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based authorisation

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The Federated AAI framework should enable communities to manage the assignment

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 of attributes to their members for authorisation purposes  

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Functional

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FIM4R, EUDAT, GN4-­1 SA5 VOPaaS

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R5

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Flexible and scalable attribute release policies  

Flexible negotiation mechanisms are required to govern the release of identity  attributes  

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Functional

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FIM4R, EGI, AARC Survey

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R6

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Attribute aggregation / Account linking

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The Federated AAI framework should support the aggregation of identity attributes  originating from different sources of authority, including federated IdPs and  community-­based attribute authorities  

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Functional

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FIM4R, TERENA AAA, EUDAT, EGI, GN4-­1 SA5 VOPaaS

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R7

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Federation solutions based on open and standards-­based technologies

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Open and standards-­based AAI technologies should be used by the different  communities to allow for interoperability by means of suitable translation services  

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Implementation

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FIM4R, TERENA AAA, EGI

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R8

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Persistent user identifiers

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The Federated AAI framework should reference the digital identities of users through  long-­lasting identifiers  

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Design

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TERENA AAA, AARC survey, EGI, ELIXIR, GN4-­1 SA5 VOPaaS

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R9

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Unique user

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identities 

Each user should have a single digital identity to allow SPs to uniquely identify their users  

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Design

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AARC survey, EGI, ELIXIR, GN4-­1 Cloud

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Activity 
R10

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User-­managed identity information Source

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A user should be able to self-­manage some of their attributes, e.g., through a web-­ based UI. Depending on the attribute type, update restrictions should be imposed.  

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Usability

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ELIXIR

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R11

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Up-­to-­date identity information

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The up-­to-­dateness of identity attributes should be guaranteed  through an on-­demand and/or recurring verification process

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Reliability

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ELIXIR
R12

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User groups and roles

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The Federated AAI framework should support the assignment of groups to users, as  well as the assignment of roles to users within their groups  

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Functional

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ELIXIR, GN4-­1 SA5 VOPaaS

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R13

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Step-

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up authentication

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The Federated AAI framework should provide an additional factor or procedure that  validates a user’s identity for high-­risk transactions or according to policy rules

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Functional

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ELIXIR

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R14

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Browser & non-­browser based federated access

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The Federated AAI framework should provide federated access to both web-­based  and non-­web-­based services/applications

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Functional

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FIM4R, TERENA AAA, EGI, ELIXIR, GN3plus and GN4-­1 SA5 Enabling Users

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R15

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Delegation

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sourceThe Federated AAI framework should provide the capability for the users to delegate  third parties, mostly computational tasks or services, to act on their behalf. This allows  users to run thousands of actions in parallel without the need for interactive access,  for example to save output data

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Functional

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FIM4R, ELIXIR, EGI, AARC Survey

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R16

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Social media identities

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The Federated AAI framework should support common social media providers, such  as Google and LinkedIn, but also the researcher ID providers, such as ORCID, to act  as authentication providers and/or attribute authorities

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Interface

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TERENA AAA, AARC survey, ELIXIR

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R17

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 Integration with e-­Government infrastructures

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The Federated AAI framework should support broader cross-­domain collaboration  including e-­Government infrastructures

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Interface

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AARC survey, ELIXIR

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R18

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Effective accounting

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The Federated AAI framework should support effective accounting across distributed,  heterogeneous data infrastructures

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Functional

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TERENA AAA, ELIXIR

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Policies and Best

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Practices

RP1
Policy harmonisation

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All participating entities in the AAI ecosystem (IdPs, AAs, SPs) should commit to a  common policy framework regarding the processing of personal data. This framework  should incorporate at least the GÉANT Data protection Code of Conduct

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Supportability

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ELIXIR, TERENA AAA, EUDAT, GN3plus and GN4-­1 SA5 Enabling Users

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RP2

Federated incident report handling

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A common procedure should be adopted for reporting security incidents that involve  federations spreading across multiple administrative domains

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Supportability

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FIM4R, AARC survey

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RP3

Sufficient attribute release

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The set of attributes released to SPs should be extended, primarily, to allow  consuming services to operate and, also, to allow for more advanced features, such  as personalisation of services

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Supportability

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FIM4R, AARC survey, EGI, GN4-­1 Cloud Activity, GN3plusand GN4-­1 SA5 Enabling  Users

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RP4

Awareness about R&E federations

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The benefits offered by R&E federations should be promoted to all stakeholders, such  as (commercial) service providers and identity providers that have not joined a  federation yet

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Usability

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FIM4R, AARC survey, EGI, GN4-­1 Cloud Activity

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, GN3plusand GN4-­1 SA5 Enabling  Users
RP5

Semantically harmonised identity attributes

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A common set of vocabularies should be used by the different communities to denote  identity attributes managed by identity providers and attribute authorities

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Supportability

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FIM4R, EUDAT

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RP6

Simplified process for joining identity federations 

The bureaucracy involved in joining identity federations should be reduced

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Usability

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AARC survey

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RP7

Best practises for terms and

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conditions 

AARC could offer guidelines for describing the terms and conditions that service  providers (operated in the R&E) should use

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Serviceability/SupportabilityEUDAT  

Grouping by Type

Usability

  • R1 User and Service Provider friendliness
  • R10  User-­managed identity information Source:  
  • R_P_4  Awareness about R&E federations  
  • R_P_6  Simplified process for joining identity federations  The bureaucracy involved in joining identity federations should be reduced

Functional

  • R2  Homeless users  
  • R3  Different Levels of Assurance  
  • R4  Community-­based authorisation  
  • R5  Flexible and scalable attribute release policies  
  • R6  Attribute aggregation / Account linking  
  • R12  User groups and roles  
  • R13  Step-­up authentication  
  • R14  Browser & non-­browser based federated access  
  • R15  Delegation Source:  
  • R18  Effective accounting  

Implementation

  • R7  Federation solutions based on open and standards-­based technologies  

Design

  • R8  Persistent user identifiers  
  • R9  Unique user identities  

Reliability

  • R11  Up-­to-­date identity information  

Interface

  • R16  Social media identities  
  • R17  Integration with e-­Government infrastructures  

Supportability

  • R_P_1  Policy harmonisation  
  • R_P_2  Federated incident report handling  
  • R_P_3  Sufficient attribute release  
  • R_P_5  Semantically harmonised identity attributes  
  • R_P_7  Best practises for terms and conditions  

Grouping By Category

Guest Identities / Levels of Assurance

  • R2  Homeless users 
  • R3  Different Levels of Assurance 
  • R13  Step-­up authentication 
  • R16  Social media identities 
  • R17  Integration with e-­Government infrastructures 

User Identification

  •  R8  Persistent user identifiers  
  •  R9  Unique user identities  
  •  R10  User-­managed identity information Source:  

 Attributes: Groups and Authorisation

  •  R4  Community-­based authorisation  
  •  R5  Flexible and scalable attribute release policies  
  •  R12  User groups and roles  
  •  R_P_5  Semantically harmonised identity attributes  

Attributes: Release

  • R6  Attribute aggregation / Account linking 
  • R_P_3  Sufficient attribute release

Technology requirements

  • R7  Federation solutions based on open and standards-­based technologies  
  • R14  Browser & non-­browser based federated access  
  • R15  Delegation

Privacy, legal issues, and policies

  • R10  User-­managed identity information
  • R11 Up to date identity information
  • R18  Effective accounting  
  • R_P_1  Policy harmonisation  
  • R_P_2  Federated incident report handling  
  • R_P_7  Best practises for terms and conditions 

Training

  •  R1 User and Service Provider friendliness  
  •  R_P_4  Awareness about R&E federations  
  •  R_P_6  Simplified process for joining identity federations  The bureaucracy involved in joining identity federations should be reduced 

Type: Serviceability/Supportability  

Source: EUDAT  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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