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Part I - Assessment of the state-of-the art of the current Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructures (AAI) for e-ScienceScience (Objective 1)
This part will cover the rationale (mostly in the context of the added value for science and society) for building an AAI and will compare scalability, governance (and stakeholders), policies and the widely used technologies; an evaluation of how existing AAI deployed for research and education (in Europe and beyond) could also be used to support other sectors will be provided as well.
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A strengths and weaknesses study (SWOT Analysis) of the existing infrastructure to support the identified use-cases (Objective 2) will be carried out.
This part of the study will also describe scenarios that would benefit from an integrated AAA and evaluate options to deliver an integrated and manageable AAA/AAI for SDI (or e-Infrastructure).
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DEENK (http://www.lib.unideb.hu) is one of the leading university libraries with important national tasks in Hungary. DEENK operates the infrastructure of the National Document Supply System including the electronic document service. It provides technical support for the Hungarian Open Repository Network (HUNOR) and brings to the consortium a key role in open access initiatives both on national and international levels as well as the experience gained in developing an electronic archive to store scholarly outputs as one of the first universities in Hungary. It hosts the Open Access National website containing up-to-date information about open access events and projects.
External experts
A number of external experts have already been engaged in the preparation of this offer, namely:
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Torbjörn Wiberg (Umeå University) responsible for the Swedish Alliance of Middleware Infrastructure; they have committed to participate in the study as well.
Contribution to AAA Study
The study is open to all interested parties both as organisations and individuals. Study documents will be regularly published at the wiki with request for comments. Public presentations on the study progress and results will be announced in advance to solicit comments and discussion.
Please contact the project coordinator or Licia Florio (florio@terena.org) TERENA (secretariat@terena.org)