Core research collaboration requirements
| Domain | Which research field are you serving? | Philosophy |
| User Base | Who are your users? Are they affiliated with institutions in eduGAIN, external (e.g. guest, citizen science), or a mix? | 15 eduGAIN IdPs |
| Access Requirements | Does the sensitivity of your research require additional access approval mechanisms? Do you need fine-grained access control, or is basic authentication sufficient? | Basic membership approval is sufficient |
| Scale | How many services do you plan to connect to your AAI? Which protocols do they require? What is a realistic estimate of effort required to migrate all users and services from one AAI to another in case of a crisis? | 20 OIDC services |
| Existing Infrastructure | Do you have an identity provider (IdP) or group management service already? | No |
| Sustainability | Can you commit operational resources, or do you need a hosted service? For how long will your AAI be required? Debugging connections issues can be time consuming and require more effort as the number of participating institutes grows. | Required for 6 years minimum (duration of EC project). Small amount of IT support funded through the project. |
| Environment specific requirements | Do you need any physical connectivity to dedicated networks? Are IT interventions restricted to fixed time windows? | None |
Governance | Who will take responsibility for policy decisions regarding your AAI? You will require a body with enough authority over your research community to make high level statements and decisions, e.g. for data protection, security policy requirement etc. | TBC |