Shibboleth Developers

[Tom Scavo <>]

On 7/13/05, Nate Klingenstein 
<>
 wrote:
> 
> > - Where's the FAQ?
> 
> I'd
> like to see this raised in a broader discussion asking precisely that
> question, and then we can make something good that lives somewhere good
> and hopefully be done with it for awhile. 

A FAQ is never done, which is why a wiki-supported FAQ would be great.

> Bear in mind with this and
> the glossary we want some information to be thoroughly vetted and
> authoritative.

The FAQ should have broad user input, I think.  I agree that the
glossary is different and so maybe it should be organized under a
different heading (Team?).

> > - What about Installation > Requirements?
> 
> Covered thoroughly in the deployment guides.

I would think SoftwareRequirements would be a good topic under Installation.

> > - Bibliography (standards, specifications, etc.)
> 
> I'm not sure whether the Bibliography should be part of the main
> Shibboleth pages or the Wiki.  I'd lean Wiki, but it's fragmented
> throughout the former presently.  I might bump the eAuth information
> down a layer and replace that with a bibliography.

A good bibliography is important but difficult.  There should be an
authoritative source of bibliographic information for the entire
project, but I'm not sure what the best source form is.

> > - FeatureRequests (or WishList)
> 
> This can live beneath the RoadMap.

I think the RoadMap should be driven by the Team while FeatureRequests
come from Community.

> > - Deployment > Profiles
> 
> I've got this listed under ShibbolethDevelopment.  Where do you think
> it should live?

I don't know.  Maybe CommonConfigurations is a better topic name.

> > What about Testing, Troubleshooting, and Hardening (i.e.,
> > SecurityConsiderations)?
> 
> Considered aspects of ProductionDeployment.

Hardening maybe, but not the other two.  IMO Testing is a missing link
in the typical deployment process.  And of course Troubleshooting is
probably the single most important topic of all.

Tom

PS. The paragraph "Contribution access..." on Shibboleth/WebHome
belongs in the Main web, not the Shibboleth web.