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AARC Recommendations for a common long-term AAI strategy

What can Funding Agencies, Research Communities and AAI implementers and operators do to allow global connectivity between research infrastructures? Check out the AARC Compendium for concrete recommendations and guidelines 

• Policy Related Results

• International Organisations (ex. OECD, FAO, UN, etc.)

• Public or private funding institutions

• Research and Technology Organisations

• Incubators / Accelerators

• Technology Transfer Expertise

• Expanding to more markets /finding new customers

The AARC TREE best practices and recommendations align technical approaches and foster collaboration in implementation across scientific domains. Via the AARC TREE Compendium, which will be published as the AARC Handbook, and the work carried out by WP3 work package, insight was gathered in terms of the current status of adoptions of the AARC guidelines including identifying challenges to their implementation and the need to have stable funding for the operations of AAIs in the R&E sector. The AARC Handbook, which has listed different recommendations aimed at different Target Groups, intends to function as an outreach and engagement tool, to support and foster further uptake of AARC guidelines by a wider group of research collaborations. 

AARC-TREE project

OSCARS: Open Science Clusters' Action for Research and Society

AARC-TREE Consortium

CERN, DARIAH, the AARC Handbook Editorial Board and the wider AARC Community

• No

N/A

The AARC Handbook, aimed at different Target Groups, intends to function as an outreach and engagement tool, to support and foster further uptake of AARC guidelines by a wider group of research collaborations. This work will continue beyond the end of the AARC-TREE project and will be coordinated by the AARC Handbook Editorial Board which will meet on a quarterly basis. More information will be collected in the coming months. The final version of the compendium, which has been renamed to handbook, was published on 25th February 2026. It will be promoted beyond the AARC TREE lifetime.  

The AARC Handbook will be published on Zenodo and available also on the AARC Website. 

https://aarc-community.org/

A more detailed description of the result, freeform. 

• Digital economy and society

Select up to three from the following list:

• Agriculture and rural development
• Banking and financial services
• Borders and security
• Budget
• Business and industry
• Climate action
• Competition
• Consumers
• Culture and media
• Customs
• Digital economy and society
• Economy, finance and the euro
• Education and training; Employment and social affairs
• Energy; Environment
• EU enlargement
• European neighbourhood policy
• Food safety
• Foreign affairs and security policy
• Fraud prevention
• Home affairs
• Humanitarian aid and civil protection
• Institutional affairs
• International cooperation and development
• Justice and fundamental rights
• Maritime affairs and fisheries
• Migration and asylum
• Public health
• Regional policy
• Research and innovation
• Single market
• Sport
• Statistics
• Taxation
• Trade
• Transport
• Youth

Recommend that you use keywords to describe the technology, science, sector, content or nature of the result and very importantly, keywords to denote potential uses or applications of your result. Please note that, by default, you will see in your submission form all keywords linked to the main project you had chosen for declaring this result. This is to help you get started. Feel free to remove those keywords irrelevant to this result.Federated Identity Management, Authentication Authorisation Infrastructure (AAI), Research Infrastructures, Research Collaborations

• GOAL
4: Quality Education
• GOAL 5: Gender Equality
• GOAL 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
• GOAL 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
• GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
• GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality
• GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
• GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
• GOAL 13: Climate Action
• GOAL 14: Life Below Water
GOAL 15: Life on Land
• GOAL
16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
• GOAL 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal
• Not Applicable

(Optional) Is it a Radical Innovation Breakthrough?Increase the awareness and accessibility of Authentication Authorisation Infrastructure (AAI) for the wider research infrastructure community. 

• No

Has your result had or do you expect it to have a significant influence on policy-making?

• Yes
• No

Title (optional, one or more links to further information)

Open access publications, presentations, etc.

Link

Title 

The Authentication and Authorisation for Research and Collaboration (AARC) Handbook is intended as an introductory guide to implementing federated identity management for research collaborations, based on the AARC Blueprint Architecture (AARC BPA). 

Link

• AARC Handbook
• https://aarc-community.org/aarc-tree-compendium-workshop-a-summary/
• Kálmán, T., Chambers, S., Gietz, P. et al. (2025). Clouds for Crowds—Implementing Federated AAI for the Digital Humanities. 2 32-37. https://doi.org/10.63744/a9oVejGuN3UN

Result Maturity

TRL Level - N/A

Current Stage and Next Steps

More details/justification of the maturityThe first version of the AARC Handbook has been published at the end of the AARC TREE project. This will be further iterated by theAARC Handbook Editorial Board and the wider AARC Community.

Do you already have customers for this result?

• Yes
• No

Number of existing customers

• 31-50
• 51-100
• 101-500
• 501-1000
• >1000

What type of customers/ users do you have?Select all that are applicable:

• Individuals
• SMEs
• Big corporations
• Academia
• R&T organisations
• Public Institutions and Authorities
• Governments
• Commerce
• Manufacturers

Which Business Sectors do your customers mainly come from?

Select all that are applicable:

• Economy, finance and the euro
• Education and training; Employment and social affairs
• Energy; Environment
• EU enlargement
• European neighbourhood policy
• Food safety
• Foreign affairs and security policy
• Fraud prevention
• Home affairs
• Humanitarian aid and civil protection
• Institutional affairs
• International cooperation and development
• Justice and fundamental rights
• Maritime affairs and fisheries
• Migration and asylum
• Public health
• Regional policy
• Research and innovation
• Single market
• Sport
• Statistics
• Taxation
• Trade
• Transport
• Youth

Unique value proposition

The unique selling proposition (USP), also called the unique selling point, or the unique value proposition (UVP) in the business model canvas, is the marketing strategy of informing customers about how one's own brand or product is superior to its competitors (in addition to its other values)AARC Handbook: making Authentication Authorisation Infrastructure (AAI) understandable for the wider research infrastructure community.

Do you have a scalable business model?For a business model to be scalable, staffing requirements should grow in a strongly sublinear fashion and/or the revenue per customer (or end-user) should remain relatively stable. Grant-based sustainability is usually not scalable, nor is consulting. Franchising, licensing and platform business models can be.

The AARC Handbook will be maintained by the Editorial Committee and the wider AARC Community on a voluntary basis supported by project-based funded where available.

Is your result replicable?

(Judgement call)

• Yes
No

Please elaborate on the Replicability

Justification for a claim for replicability.Our aim is to enable the wide uptake of the AARC Guidelines through the Research Infrastructures community. 

Is your result and your business model sustainable in the long term?

Please elaborate on Sustainability

Justification to claim the solution is sustainable.AARC Community volunteers take on the maintenance of the AARC Handbook as part of their daily work. 

Are you targeting geographical markets?Geographical market areas, or can also be global

European and International Research Community. 

What level of investment (EUR) are you currently looking for?

Levels of funding sought: if a € sum is chosen.Project funding to support the ongoing maintenance of the AARC Handbook.