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===== DFN-AAI service portfolio =====
As the federation operator, DFN-Verein acts as a //Trusted Third Party//, which ensures compliance with the technical and legal framework conditions and thus establishes a relationship of trust. In this role, DFN-Verein assumes various tasks:
  * Contracts with all participating institutions and service providers, see under [[en:registration|Registration]]
  * Creating guidelines (policies) and monitoring compliance with them
The following service components are offered to realize the federation operation on a technical level:
  * [[en:metadata_admin_tool|metadata management]], regular validation and signing of [[en:metadata|federation metadata]]
  * Support of so-called [[en:metadata_local|local metadata]] for participating institutions
  * Support of so-called [[en:entity_attributes#dfn-aai|virtual subfederations]]
  * Operation of central localization services: Discovery services, also called "WAYF" (**W**here **A**re **Y**ou **F**rom), see under [[en:production#discovery_service|Productive operation]]
  * Active promotion of the (further) development of the [[https://www.shibboleth.net/products/|Shibboleth Software]], membership in the [[https://www.shibboleth.net/consortium/|Shibboleth Consortium]]
  * Operation of an [[de:aai:incidentresponse|Incident Response Team]] together with the [[https://www.cert.dfn.de/sicherheitsfall/|DFN-CERT]]
  * Support for technical problems and other AAI-related questions, see [[de:aai:contact|Contact]]
  * [[de:aai:infos|Workshops and training]] for participating institutions and service providers (please send training requests to [[hotline@aai.dfn.de|hotline@aai.dfn.de]])

International cooperation:
  * Cross-federation AAI via [[de:edugain|eduGAIN]]
  * Collaboration in international initiatives ([[https://refeds.org/|REFEDS]]) and projects such as [[https://www.geant.org/Projects|GÉANT]] and [[https://aarc-project.eu/|AARC]]
  * Support of international research communities: [[https://fim4r.org/|FIM4R]], [[https://www.clarin.eu/|CLARIN]] etc.
Involvement of the user community in the design and further development of the service
  * AAI forum as part of the [[https://www2.dfn.de/veranstaltungen/betriebstagungen/|DFN-Betriebstagung]]
  * Participation in the [[https://www.zki.de/ueber-den-zki/vereinsstruktur/identity-und-access-management/|ZKI working group Identity and Access Management]]
  * Topic-specific ad-hoc working groups
Further development of the service on a technical, organizational and legal level:
  * Regular consultations with the [[https://www2.dfn.de/rechtimdfn/|Forschungsstelle Recht im DFN]]
  * Support for new technologies and standards such as [[https://openid.net/connect/|OpenID Connect]], membership in the [[https://openid.net/foundation/|OpenID Foundation]], participation in the [[https://openid.net/wg/rande/|Research & Education Working Group]]
  * Expansion of the service portfolio, e.g. [[de:aai:eduid|edu-ID]]
  * Evaluation of new approaches to increase the level of trust in the DFN-AAI, introduction of the [[https://refeds.org/assurance|REFEDS Assurance Framework]]