The Problem with Federations
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The document discusses federations, both in a political context and in technology, highlighting their characteristics and the challenges they face. It critiques OpenID for complicating the user experience rather than simplifying it, expressing concerns over identity management online. The piece also touches on the evolution of federations and their potential benefits, particularly in the education and research sectors.
The Problem with Federations
- 1. The Problem with FederationsNicole HarrisOpenAthens ‘Work Smarter, Not Harder’ SeminarsMarch 2011
- 3. Images courtesy of: doug8888, ben-zen-photography, scissorfighter with some right reserved - Flickr.com
- 4. The Problem with Federations?A federation (Latin: foedus, foederis, 'covenant'), also known as a federal state, is a type of sovereign state characterized by a union of partially self-governing states or regions united by a central (federal) government. In a federation, the self-governing status of the component states is typically constitutionally entrenched and may not be altered by a unilateral decision of the central government.The United Federation of Planets, also known as "The Federation" is a fictional interplanetary federal republic depicted in the Star Trek television series and motion pictures. In those episodes and films, the Federation is described as an interstellarfederalpolity with, as of the year 2373, more than 150 member planets and thousands of colonies spread across 8,000 light years of the Milky Way Galaxy, and taking the form of a post-capitalistliberal democracy and constitutionalrepublic.A Federation is multiple computing and/or network providers agreeing upon standards of operation in a collective fashion. The term may be used when describing the inter-operation of two distinct, formally disconnected, telecommunications networks that may have different internal structures. The term may also be used when groups attempt to delegate collective authority of development to prevent fragmentation.Wikipedia, 28th February 2011
- 5. Not only Star Trek...Terran Federation in Blake’s 7 and in Starship TroopersTrade Federation in Star WarsGalactic Federation in Doctor WhoThe Federation in Shannara (Terry Brooks)GEEKS LOVE FEDERATIONS!Courtesy of pillowhead_designs on Flickr
- 6. Federations are like a pack of cards...
- 7. Club RulesCards are meaningless without the ‘rules’ of the gameCan be reorganised to have different meaning - differentgamesBut cards should be reusable?Courtesy of thesyesism on Flickr
- 9. HeartsAbout giving people accessShould institutions be attemptingto ‘manage’ people? Logins for Life?Courtesy of thesyesism on Flickr
- 10. We first jumped on the OpenID bandwagon back in 2007 when it was seen as a promising way to make logging into websites simpler. What we've learned over the past three years is that it didn't actually make anything any simpler for the vast majority of our customers. Instead it just made things harder. Especially when people were having problems with the often flaky OpenID providers and couldn't log into their account. OpenID has been a burden on support since the day it was launched.-- 37signals drops OpenID supportOpenID is theworst possible "solution" I have ever seen in my entire life to a problem that most people don't really have. That's what's "wrong" with it.Yishan Wong on Quora “You have one identity,” Zuckerberg emphasized three times in a single interview with David Kirkpatrick in his book, “The Facebook Effect.” “The days of you having a different image for your work friends or co-workers and for the other people you know are probably coming to an end pretty quickly.” He adds: “Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity.”No one's Facebook account is safe from hackers. Not even the social networking site's founder Mark Zuckerberg's! A fan page dedicated to the site's creator was hacked Tuesday.Seems like Zuckerberg had been so busy announcing protection measures for Facebook's users that he forgot to protect his own account.The Money Times
- 11. Celebrate your studentynessCourtesy of Barbro_Uppsala on Flickr
- 12. Adding ValueStatistics Richer Attributes (JISC Collections)However...Courtesy of thesyesism on Flickr
- 13. The DPA of 1998
- 16. SPADESARE ALWAYSTRUMPSCourtesy of thesyesism on Flickr
- 17. Do federations have a trump card?
- 18. Organisations like REFEDSoffer fantastic new potentialSAML is secure in more ways than one?Offers clear advantages in educationand research sectorFederations continue to evolve