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OpenAthens:Connections2016/2017Jon Bentley

The next half an hour

• The information economy• Priorities• Our roadmap

Outsell: Information Industry Outlook, 2017

The information economy

Our mission

• Removing barriers to knowledge and connecting people to information

We live in a world of change

Creating the best experience for the end user

The End User

The library

The Publisher

A Triumvirate of Trust

What are your priorities?

Our focus on connectivity: 3 major goals

1. Better connections between publishers and institutions2. Easier connections to existing local directories and

data for administrators3. Trusted connections between institutions, libraries and

end users

Goal 1: Better connections between publishers and institutions

1. Publisher Manifesto2. Cloud SP development3. The vision of plug and play resources and applications

Publisher Manifesto – a discussion document

Cloud SP development

Phase 1:Simplification of setup and registration

Cloud SP development

Phase 2:Move from ‘installed software’ to APIs• Oauth and OpenID ConnectImproving the user-experience

Phase 2:

OpenAthens SP Cloud

Identityprovider

Service Provider

Identityprovider

Identityprovider

SAML connector

App1 App2 App3

SAML

OAuth/OpenID ConnectREST

Multiple applications canshare the same connector

SAML connector availableas a service

A vision of Plug and play connections

Goal 2:Easier connections to existing local directories and data for administrators

• Local directory integration• Custom SAML applications• OALA – OpenAthens Local Authentication

Local directory integration

Custom SAML integration

OALA – OpenAthens Local Authentication

• Committed to maintaining a locally installed SAML IdP to manage user identities

• Maintenance releases• Statistics package

Goal 3: Trusted connections between institutions, libraries and end users• Branded authentication points/log-in experience• Expanded redirector links• Statistics

Branded authentication points/log-in experience

Extending redirector coverage

Statistics

Our roadmap philosophy: 3 Cs

• Customer input• Continual development• Constant prioritisation

Current development – 2016/17

• Running now and due for release within 2017• Cloud SP• Statistics

Planning board – for early 2017

• More local directory integration extensions• Extended redirector• Password free log-in within a network

Parking lot – 2017 or beyond

• Improved monitoring, status alerts and communication• International development• OpenAthens LA evolution• MyAthens and a basic access portal• OpenAthens.net

Release notes

Our focus on connectivity: 3 goals

1. Better connections between publishers and institutions2. Easier connections to existing local directories and

data3. Trusted connections between institutions, libraries and

end users

The future:

A layer of trust built around the individual that makes services and applications accessible wherever they may be

Questions