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- An Identity Registry system meeting the identified institutional requirements and able to be deployed at many sites could be developed in a reasonable time (12-18 months?) and reasonable effort (a few FTE?). The three evaluated projects are existence proofs of systems very like what is needed.
- There are some differences among the participants. Kuali sees identity merge for employees and students as the most compelling feature. The more central-IdM-centric folks see more advanced features like assurance-tracking and schema agility as most important.
- More work is needed to develop a more concrete path forward. Questions that could be investigated are:
- Can the OpenRegistry design form the basis of the desired system? Evidence is mixed based on institutions that have looked at it in the past.
- Can a more complete and well-articulated set of requirements be put together to entice investors?? How long will that take?
- Should OSIdM4HE attempt to choose among projects as a starting point, or leave it to the market to decide?
- How do we really assess the market for this, and relative importance of features, beyond the core groupCan the NBA end its labor dispute before the season is irrevocably lost?
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