EDIT WP5 Platform for Cybertaxonomy

The general objective of the activity is the design of a security infrastructure for the platform and introduction of a secure Single Sign-On service (SSO) for the platform. The task to be achieved within the third JPA concerns the integration of a Community Single Sign-On (CSSO) security infrastructure within the platform.

The CSSO enables the various EDIT service providers to protect their services and resources defining individual access control policies, while users can access different services using only one identity. The security infrastructure bases on the SAML protocol family (e.g. Shibboleth) and provides its federation concept to realise the community aspect.

This component reports on the specification of CSSO profiles for the platform covering the use cases web application, web service and desktop application.

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