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In December 2011, a consortium of four partners led by TERENA and a number of external experts was awarded a contract by the European Commission to carry out a study into AAA (authentication, authorisation and accounting) platforms and services for scientific resources. The study, led by TERENA was concluded in September 2012.
The final version of the AAA Study is now available as pdf.
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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.
The study was organised in two parts (see picture below):
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The output of the study consists of a set of recommendations for the delivery of an integrated AAI to be used for SDI. The recommendations target different stakeholders; the European Commission for the definition of a possible directive; developers to encourage them to use standard technologies to achieve interoperability; Member States for creating the conditions for such an infrastructure at a national level; and policy makers, particularly those involved in the Data Protection Directive, to create awareness of the impact of legislation on cross-boundary access management.
Read more on the Organisation of the Study...
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