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Introduction to
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AAA Study
In December 2011 the Consortium composed of the following four partners:
- TERENA (Trans European Research and Education Networking Association), the leading partner;
- LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries);
- UvA (Universiteit van Amsterdam hereafter called UvA);
- DEENK (University and National Library of Debrecen)
has been awarded a contract by the European Commission to carry out a study into AAA (authentication, authorisation and accounting) platforms and services for scientific data/information resources.
The consortium will work together with the following experts as indicated in the bid that was submitted and accepted by the European Commission:
- Diego Lopez (Telefonica I+D)
- Klaas Wierenga (Cisco Systems)
- Torbjörn Wiberg (Umeå University)
- Nicole Harris (JISC Advance)
This study will run from Dec 2011 until August 2012.
Background to the AAA Study
Supporting and promoting scientific research and innovation as well enabling access to scientific information are key priorities for the European Commission and for the Member States.
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To address this point. the High-Level Expert Group on Scientific Data (also known as HLEG on Scientific Data) recommends in its report (Riding the Wave ) the creation of a directive to set up a unified authentication and authorisation system, which they envision would pave the way to distributed and collaborative authentication, authorisation and accounting (AAA) for scientific data. As a result of the recommendation recommendations of the HLEG on Scientific Data, the European Commission has tendered to award funding to study the feasibility and impact of adapting the existing, widely used AAA platforms and services to be fully compliant with the requirements posed by the use of data/information resources (such as papers).
In December 2011 the call A bid in responce to the calls for tender was submitted in the summer 2011 and awarded to the Consortium composed of the following four partners:
- TERENA (Trans European Research and Education Networking Association), the leading partner;
- LIBER (Association of European Research Libraries);
- UvA (Universiteit van Amsterdam hereafter called UvA);
- DEENK (University and National Library of Debrecen)
The consortium will work together with the following experts:
- Diego Lopez (Telefonica I+D)
- Klaas Wierenga (Cisco Systems)
- Torbjörn Wiberg (Umeå University)
- Nicole Harris (JISC Advance)
This study will run from Dec 2011 until August 2012.
in December 2011.
Aim of the Study
The goal of this study is to provide recommendations for the development and deployment of a Scientific Data e-Infrastructure (SDI) that would enable access to heterogonous data for researchers and citizens alike. The SDI should be delivered integrating as much as possible existing AAA platforms (such as those used by the research and education community, or those used by the eScience community). The study will therefore will identify use-cases for the SDI; it will assess existing AAA-infrastructures as well as the ability for the existing AAA-infrastructures to address these use-cases; the study will also examine the gaps in providing the necessary infrastructure to support the use-cases and explore the work that is being done in the existing AAA-infrastructures to address those needs.
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The targeted actors in the study are the research and education communities, information service providers (data centres, libraries) and e-Infrastructure/technology providers.
Organisation of the AAA Study
The goal of the study will be achieved by meeting three different objectives as described in the picture below:
Read more on the Organisation of the Study...
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| Name | Deadline | Description |
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| D1 - Inception report | Feb 2012 | To elaborate on the methodology that will be used to carry out the study, will provide details on the resources and articulate the objectives |
D2 - Interim study report | Apr 2012 | To cover the intermediate results for the objectives listed above, specifically:
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| D3 - Final study report | June 2012 | To present the final results and recommendations of the study. The final study report will take into account inputs received during the Final Workshop (see below), the internal meetings with the EC and the feedback received by the consortium liaisons, such as REFED, TF-EMC2 etc. |
| Final workshop | July 2012 | To present the preliminary results to the study and receive feedback. The workshop will be organised at the Commission’s premises in Brussels. |
| D4 - Technical Report | Aug 2012 | To report on the use of resources in the performance of the contract including e.g. time-sheets on man/days consumption, travel details, use of consumables, etc. |
More information about the
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AAA Study
The Consortium and the experts will seek feedback on the preliminary results within the interested parties, such as the libraries, eScience groups and the TERENA community (mostly within REFEDS and TF-EMC2). Public presentations on the study progress and results will be disseminated to solicit comments and discussion.
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