From 555d427f3370c382002c51037bd3386eec56e897 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Young Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 14:39:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add InCommon information to the top of README.md --- README.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 20dae1a5..325390db 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,26 @@ +# InCommon Federation Metadata Toolchain + +This repository contains some of the tooling used by the +[InCommon Federation](https://www.incommon.org) to: + +* Import metadata from the [eduGAIN](https://edugain.org) interfederation + service, including filtering and transforming that metadata to meet + InCommon's needs. + +* Generate per-entity metadata for publication through the Metadata Query + protocol. + +This tooling draws heavily on that used by the +[UK federation](https://www.ukfederation.org.uk) as published +[on GitHub](https://github.com/ukf/ukf-meta). The `upstream` branch of this +repository mirrors the `master` branch from that repository, and useful +upstream changes are often merged in here. + +The remainder of this file is the original `README.md` from the upstream +repository. + +---- + # UK federation Metadata Toolchain This is the metadata repository and main toolset for the [UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research](http://ukfederation.org.uk) ("the UK federation").