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PERSEUS Project Update

PERSEUS Project Update. John Paschoud, Project Manager (and Simon McLeish, and Masha Garibyan) LSE Library. Overview. PERSEUS aims & architecture Relationships… Federations? Progress to date Some challenges. PERSEUS Project. July 04 – June 06

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PERSEUS Project Update

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  1. PERSEUS Project Update John Paschoud, Project Manager(and Simon McLeish, and Masha Garibyan) LSE Library JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  2. Overview • PERSEUS aims & architecture • Relationships… Federations? • Progress to date • Some challenges JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  3. PERSEUS Project • July 04 – June 06 • Portal-enabled Resources via Shibbolized End-user Security • LSE Shib-IdP established in previous projects • LSE was the first Shibboleth adopter in the UK • Using this to explore: • Access to end-user info systems integrated via an institution-wide portal (uPortal development) • Next steps in ‘fine-grain’ authorisation (Signet development) • Access for ‘ad-hoc’ user communities: Alumni groups as Virtual Organisations JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  4. Project aims • Using LSE as a testbed • Multiple user identities and attributes (but ‘only’ about 10K directory identities) • Infrastructure • Resource licenses • Producing: • Documented, scaleable campus models for implementation • Contribution to OSS developments of uPortal and Signet JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  5. PERSEUS ‘Shibbolized’ architecture Shib AA--------------(+ authority manager) CLR = Collection-Level RegistryCMS = Content Mgmt System IdP SP portal Organisational Domain Organisational Domain CLR (eg) CLR (eg) CMS content LDAP CMS CMS CMS SITS HR SP SP SP SP SP SP SP SP SP SP enterprisedirectory (eg)Jstor Voyager YaleCAS(web ISO) student data staff data e-journals library data content content content content (external resources) JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  6. PERSEUS relationships JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  7. Related projects • DART • Digital Anthropology Resources for Teaching • nereus • European collaboration for Economics research • ShibboLEAP • Shibboleth-enabling the London University SHERPA-LEAP OA consortium JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  8. [DART] JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  9. [Nereus] JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  10. [ShibboLEAP] JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  11. DART ShibboLEAP nereus Federations? JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  12. Real-life roles • Service providers • Resource owners • Students - in many roles • Academics-as-teachers • Academics-as-researchers • Academics-as-decision-makers • Alumni …as??? JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  13. Progress to date [1] • Shibboleth progress • Installation (and many upgrades!) of IdP and SP software at LSE • Successful connection to SDSS / Athens test federations • Investigation of SELinux incompatibilities with Shib & testing of fixed SP software (in progress) JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  14. Progress to date [2] • Integration progress • Helping Endeavor set up test SP for Voyager/ENCompass system (LSE Library mgmt systems) • Initial work on writing Voyager/ENCompass portlets for uPortal • Work in progress to make LSE Dspace repository ‘Shibbolised’ • LSE installation of SigNet 0.3 release (in progress) • Ongoing discussions on uPortal/Shibboleth integration (through Internet2 team) JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  15. Progress to date [3] • Content licences • Initial scoping study on LSE Library e-resources management and current e-licensing situation • Active participation in testing Meridian (new e-resources mgmt system from Endeavor) • Active participation in major e-licensing initiatives (e.g. the EDItEUR ‘ERMI / ONIX Licensing Terms Workshop’, 21 Apr 05) • Work in progress to conduct a joint PERSEUS / NEREUS study about current e-resources access terms and conditions JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  16. Progress to date [4] • Dissemination & publicity • Public website (www.angel.ac.uk/PERSEUS/) • Monthly update reports for stakeholders & associate partners • LSE Library Foyer exhibition • Presentations at relevant UK and international events (e.g. EuroCAMP, I2MM, UKSG, UCISA) • Publications • ‘Installing Shibboleth’ in Ariadne (suggestions on improving Shibboleth installation experience) • Articles in Assignation, New Review of Information Networking JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  17. Some challenges • Slow progress with Signet/PERMIS developments • Difficulties with uPortal integration • (at heart I’m this sort of engineer, but sometimes we’re forced to be thissort) • A need for a central (UK) database of standard licences for major suppliers that reflects Shib-usable (eduPerson) attributes • Devising ways to engage with Alumni groups JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

  18. Contact details Email:J.Paschoud@lse.ac.uk www.angel.ac.uk/PERSEUS JISC Core Middleware Programme Meeting, Loughborough

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