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 Hannah Short Sally Chambers Christos Kanellopoulos Nicolas Liampotis Licia Florio 

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23rd Feb 2025

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Result information

Title of the Result (120 characters)

AARC Recommendations for a common long-term AAI strategy

Message/Teaser to the potential user (1000 characters)

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 

Video/Image

https://wiki.geant.org/spaces/AARC/pages/1295024149/8.+Summary+Recommendations is a Wiki page of recommendations

Result Type

  • Policy Related Results

Target Audience

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

  • Public or private funding institutions

  • Research and Technology Organisations

Our needs are

  • Incubators / Accelerators

  • Technology Transfer Expertise

  • Expanding to more markets /finding new customers

We specifically need/are looking for (600 words)

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. 

About us

Main project

AARC-TREE project

Other related projects

OSCARS: Open Science Clusters' Action for Research and Society

Result Contributors

AARC-TREE Consortium

Owners for exploitation

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

Start-up created for further exploitation?

  • No

Logo

N/A

Testimonials

Title

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.  

Link

Testimonials, from research communities that use the AARC Handbook, will be collected on the AARC website over time: https://aarc-community.org/

Find us on

Description

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

Link

https://aarc-community.org/

Result description and influence

Result description (1200 characters)

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

This guide provides an introduction to Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructure (AAI). A glossary of key terms and their definitions is provided, as well as a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). 

The compendium covers a number of different topics, including: what is the AARC Blueprint and why has it been developed?, how to implement an AAI service outlining a number of implementation scenarios. An overview of the landscape of existing AAI solutions is provided including commonly used software and services as well as hosted services. 

Specific topics such as technical requirements, security, data protection and policy related issues are covered, including how to build the necessary bridges between legal, policy and technology.

The AARC Handbook has been written with several audiences in mind:

  • Research Community Management AUDIENCE: RESEARCH COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT
  • AAI Implementors and Operators AUDIENCE: AAI IMPLEMENTORS AND OPERATORS 
  • Funding Agencies AUDIENCE: FUNDING AGENCIES
  • All 

Business Sector(s)/Policy Area(s)

  • Digital economy and society
  • Education and training; Employment and social affairs
  • Research and innovation

Tags/Keywords

Federated Identity Management, Authentication Authorisation Infrastructure (AAI), Research Infrastructures, Research Collaborations

 Your result's contribution to Sustainable Development

Contribution to UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • GOAL 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • GOAL 17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Radical Innovation Breakthrough?

Increase the awareness and accessibility of Authentication Authorisation Infrastructure (AAI) for the wider research infrastructure community. 

Are you a member of the 'World Alliance for 1000 Solutions'?

  • No

Your result's influence on policy

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

  • Yes

Other information/data to share

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

Link

Result, Business Maturity and Exploitation Outlook 

Result Maturity

TRL Level - N/A

Current Stage and Next Steps

The 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

Number of existing customers

  • >1000

What type of customers/ users do you have?

  • Individuals
  • Academia
  • R&T organisations
  • Public Institutions and Authorities
  • Governments

Which Business Sectors do your customers mainly come from?

  • Research and innovation

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).

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.

Is your result replicable?

(Judgement call)

  • Yes
  • No

Please elaborate on the Replicability

Justification for a claim for replicability.

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


Please elaborate on Sustainability

Justification to claim the solution is sustainable.

Are you targeting geographical markets?

Geographical market areas, or can also be global

Investor Corner

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

Levels of funding sought: if a € sum is chosen.