EDUCAUSE | Distributed Computing

New Mailing List on Distributed/Federated Digital Preservation Strategies

rmcdonal — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:45:27 -0600

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

CAMP Proceedings Now Online: Building a Distributed Access Management Infrastructure

cluckett — Wed, 29 Nov 2006 16:20:59 -0600

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

Sample of available proceedings:

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:

Grouper Groups Management Toolkit by joining the Grouper Users List.
Signet Privilege Management System by subscribing to the Signet Users List.
Identity management by joining the Net@EDU Identity Management Working Group.

NSF Middleware 9th Release Now Available

ecoghlan — Thu, 04 May 2006 10:18:59 -0500

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.