Distributed Computing

The MetaArchive Cooperative has established a new mailing list for discussion of distributed/federated digital preservation issues and strategies. This list will work toward building cross-community relationships for a variety of federated digital preservation organizations.

I put this up earlier today and the list was not quite ready for subscription.

However, you can now subscribe at:
http://listserv.emory.edu/wa.exe?SUBED1=distributed-preservation-l&A=1

Proceedings are now online for the November CAMP workshop on building a distributed access management infrastructure.

• Integration Technologies for Signet and Grouper
  Thomas J. Barton and Lynn T. McRae

• Building on Distributed Access Management
  Thomas J. Barton, Kenneth J. Klingenstein, Stephen Langella, and Lynn T. McRae

• Maximizing Identity Management
  Keith D. Hazelton

Attendees can also stay connected with others interested in these topics discussed at CAMP:

The NSF Middleware Initiative ninth release is now availablet o the public for downloading under open-source licenses. The release offers several new features for supporting online collaboration in a shared cyberinfrastructure environment, including event diagnostic, privilege management, and portal-building tools.