This space is for the work of the Vendor subgroup
Charge
Develop a prioritized list of information providers (e.g. JSTOR, Science Direct, etc) that the group would like to have support Shibboleth-enabled access. Determine which resources already support Shibboleth. Identify the top priorities for making the business case to support Shib. Include information about which vendors are already associated with InCommon. Use this information to create best practices and the beginnings of a registry of Shibboleth-enabled resources.
Links
Best Practices - this page documents best practices for resource providers and libraries
RegistryOfResources - where we will be compiling details about resource status and implementation of best practices
Subgroup members
David Kennedy, Duke, chair
Adam Chandler (Cornell)
Andy Ingham (U of North Carolina)
Jonathan Lavigne, Stanford University
Kent Percival, U of Guelph
Joy Veronneau (Cornell)
Jason Zavar, OCLC
Fred Zhang (Michigan State)
Foster Zhang (Johns Hopkins)
Goals
The group has identified three goals to complete in the coming few months:
- Prioritize a list of resources that will strengthen the use case for Shibboleth
- Document recommendations for resource providers
- Develop a registry of compliant resources, beginning with prioritized resources
Organization of Work
In order to meet these goals, the following tasks have been laid out:
- Document a list of prioritized resources to target initially
- Document recommendations for resource providers/criteria for compliance
- Determine information to collect from resource providers and create registry framework (checklist)
- Contact priority vendors, but first agree on common approach to doing this
- Test resource providers for compliance