[OGSA-AUTHZ] Vincenzo's VOMS document?

[Olle Mulmo]

All,

I'm curious as to Vincenzo's informational write-up on VOMS,  
submitted to the group on February 13.

VOMS is used in a number of production grids today. It is the basis  
for interoperating authorization in the GIN effort. Having a solid  
write-up on its internals and semantics would most certainly be welcome.

Question: how should this be handled? I can see it go multiple ways:

1. The document goes into public comment as an individual submission  
more or less as is
2. This group makes a round of editing on it first and then do a 2- 
week last call on the list before the public comment
3. This group includes the document it in the revised charter as  
another deliverable

While the current document seems rather complete, I include 3. as an  
option anyhow as there are additional things to think of: for  
instance, a SAML wrapping of the attributes instead of/in addition to  
the current X.509 attribute certificate format. If we want such a  
thing (and I think we do), this would in turn advocate for a  
separation between the definition and the semantics of the  
attributes, and the packaging/delivery mechanisms of those attributes.

Regards,

/Olle