[AuthZ] Closing the Group

David Chadwick D.W.Chadwick at salford.ac.uk
Wed Jan 19 14:09:29 CST 2005


Dane

you are right. I did think you were talking about the Authzn group and 
not the frameworks group. So the quicker the latter is closed the better.

David


dane at fnal.gov wrote:
> This is actually one of the hidden reasons why I'm eager to close the
> AuthZ Frameworks group (authz-wg at ggf.org) now that it's completed its
> work:  people confuse it with the OGSA-AuthZ WG (which is the one I
> think you're thinking about) at maillist ogsa-authz at ggf.org.
> 
> Yes, I'm expecting that OGSA AuthZ group may well meet and may wish
> to continue on the work it identified as undone or expecting revision
> with the release of SAMLv2. You should work with Stacey to setup the
> times for the Seoul meeting then.
> 
> Full speed ahead !
> 
> Best Regards,
> Dane
> 
> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, David Chadwick wrote:
> 
> 
>>Dane
>>
>>Von has asked me to chair the next meeting of the group in Seoul. I have
>>agreed and already requested a meeting slot on Grid forge. Maybe this
>>should be the first meeting of a new group, or perhaps the last meeting
>>of the current group. Either way there is some unfinished business to
>>attend to, specifically the following:
>>
>>i) to add obligations to the second version of the SAML Authzn spec
>>ii) to add operation parameters to the second version of the SAML Authzn
>>  spec
>>iii) to migrate the SAML Authzn spec to SAMLv2.0 (either version 1 or
>>version 2 of the SAML Authzn spec or both)
>>
>>What is the best way to proceed?
>>
>>regards
>>
>>David
>>
>>
>>dane at fnal.gov wrote:
>>
>>>Dear Working Group,
>>>
>>>I'd like to second Markus' sentiments and congratulate you all on
>>>accomplishing your charter and finishing your work. Well done !
>>>Already we're seeing other groups reference your work and it should
>>>provide a useful foundation to build upon.
>>>
>>>You may see some signs of the formal completion of the WG as changes
>>>on GridForge.  The Working Group gridforge project links will be moved
>>>to the "Completed Groups" section and (eventually) shutting down the
>>>mailing list. The mailing list archives and content will continue to
>>>be preserved for archival purposes and available via GridForge the
>>>current state won't be lost.
>>>
>>>Best Regards and Thanks,
>>>Dane
>>>
>>> On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Markus Lorch wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>Hope y'all had a couple of relaxing holidays and a good
>>>>start into the New Year.
>>>>
>>>>I am happy to announce that the Authorization Frameworks
>>>>and Mechanisms Working Group of the GGF has published its
>>>>"Authorization Glossary" document as GFD-I.42.
>>>>
>>>>You can find the final version at
>>>>http://www.ggf.org/documents/final.htm
>>>>
>>>>With the finalization of this document the AuthZ WG has
>>>>accomplished the tasks outlined in its charter and is
>>>>closing down.
>>>>
>>>>Markus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>Markus Lorch
>>>>Department of Computer Science         	Phone: +1 540 231 5914
>>>>Virginia Tech, m/c 106                    Fax:	 +1 540 231 6075
>>>>Blacksburg, VA 24061, U.S.A.     http://people.cs.vt.edu/~mlorch
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>IS Institute, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT
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IS Institute, University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT
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Email: D.W.Chadwick at salford.ac.uk
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