INDICATE e-Culture Science Gateway integrated with Shibboleth-based IDEM Identity Federation

2011-05-24

the INDICATE e-Culture Science Gateway, under the responsibility of COMETA, has been integrated with the Shibboleth-based IDEM Identity Federation (https://www.idem.garr.it/index.php/en), coordinated by GARR, and is open for wide testing. COMETA has also created a "catch-all" Identity Federation and a "catch-all" Identity Provider so we can register users belonging to all INDICATE partners which are not yet members of the IDEM Federation.

===> In order to register to the INDICATE e-Culture Science Gateway:

1) go to the INDICATE home page (www.indicate-project.eu);
2) on the left frame, click on "Pilot applications"; you will then fall on the e-Culture Science Gateway (http://indicate-gw.consorzio-cometa.it/);
3) on the left frame, click on "Register" and fill the form which will appear.

===> In order to test the GARR-IDEM integration

1) go to the INDICATE home page (www.indicate-project.eu);
2) on the left frame, click on "Pilot applications"; you will then fall on the e-Culture Science Gateway (http://indicate-gw.consorzio-cometa.it/);
3) on the left frame, click on "De Roberto DR";
4) click on the link "Username and Password" which appears in section "LOGIN";
5) in the new page that will appear, select "GARR-IDEM" as Federation and "GARR FI idp215" as Organisation and click on "Select";
6) in the new page that will appear, type test1 both as Username and Password and click on "Login";
7) you will re-directed back to the INDICATE e-Culture Science Gateway and the De Roberto DR will appear in your browser;
8) as an example, open "Scanned documents" and then click on "Manuscripts"; you will see all the pages of the De Roberto works and you can navigate through them and download them.
9) when you're done, close your web browser to reset everything.

What has been done is a major step forward towards an easier and wider use of e-Infrastructure by "non-expert" users who do not want to deal with personal digital certificates and the complex grid security infrastructure. Opening the grid to the Identity Federations will allow a tighter coupling of e-Infrastructures with digital libraries and already existing cultural heritage repositories.

Feel free to use the INDICATE e-Culture Science Gateway and report any problems encountered, writing to roberto.barbera@ct.infn.it