1. Workpackage 1b – Shibboleth
Primary Developer: Graham Klyne
Task |
Description |
Deliverables |
Completion |
(1) Unit Testing Framework |
Development of a servletUnit driver testing framework for portlets based on Pluto project |
servletUnit driven testing framework for JSR-168 portlets |
November 2005 |
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servletUnit driven testing framework for WSRP portal |
December 2005 |
(2) Authentication |
Transfer of Shibboleth authentications via WSRP/JSR-168 to “Shib” aware portlet |
Best practice guide for achieving this |
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Exposing Shibboleth properties via portlet session properties |
Shibboleth properties extension to Pluto |
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Integration of Shibboleth authentication into Sakai framework (based on SPIE project work) |
Shibboleth aware uPortal instance |
May 2006 |
(3) Federation |
Analysis of the infrastructure needed for rolling out a Shibboleth federation across the partner sites |
Shibboleth federation within the Sakai demonstrator |
September 2006 |
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Implementation of Shibboleth federation |
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(4) GRID Integration |
Evaluation of tools for integrating Shibboleth and PKI GRID authentication |
GRID integration within Sakai demonstrator |
December 2006 |
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Implementation of suitable tools within SAKAI Demonstrator |
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(5) PERMIS |
Evaluation of PERMIS Management tools |
PERMIS management within Sakai demonstrator |
March 2007 |
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Implementation of suitable PERMIS Management tools within SAKAI Demonstrator |
2. Workpackage 2a – Search
Primary Developer: Stuart Yeates
Task |
Description |
Deliverables |
Completion |
(1) Installation of local SAKAI Instance |
Installation of local SAKAI Instance |
Local SAKAI Instance |
September 2005 |
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Overview of SAKAI |
October 2005 |
(2) JSR-168, WSRP, TPP Functional Analysis |
Analysis of the functional differences between the various portlet API standards |
Documentation on differences and simularities between JSR-168, WSRP and TPP |
December 2005 |
(3) Requirements |
Analysis of the requirements for enhanced search tools (e.g. scripted search capability, types of repositories for searching such as bibliographic, quantitive data, e-prints etc.) |
Requirements documentation |
February 2006 |
(4) Existing Tool Analysis |
Analysis of existing available tools (e.g. JAFER, CREE, SPP, MDC, ASK etc.) |
Available tools report |
March 2006 |
(5) Development of search enhancements |
Building on the tools identified in (4) develop enhanced search tools including (scripted searching, notifications, search history and visualation) |
Enhanced search tools portlets |
September 2006 |
(6) WSRP PFB |
Develop the functionality for locating portlet services via registry searching for both end users and/or administrators (e.g. either total control, or moderated control) |
WSRP PFB framework |
March 2007 |
