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very interesting read... along with a call for international cooperation

available at http://sites.google.com/site/publisherinterfacestudy

> Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:32:48 +0100
> From: "Mark Williams (JISC)" <>
> Subject: [refeds] JISC Publisher Interface Study
> To: 
>
> Hi all,
>
> we are at the point now of wanting feedback from the wider world so 
> please feel free to send out the below, particulary to Service 
> providers / Publishers who are likely to be unique to your 
> federation  / community.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
>
> _____________________________________________________________________
>
> JISC Publisher Interface Study
>
> In March 2009, JISC and JISC Collections commissioned a study to 
> look at the issues surrounding the user experience when using 
> federated access management.  The federated access approach has been 
> successfully adopted in many different countries throughout the 
> world, but this success has brought with it usability issues known 
> as 'the discovery problem'.  Any user approaching a Service Provider 
> without following a directed link needs to be able to tell the 
> Service Provider both which access management federation / country 
> they are from, and which organisation they are affiliated too. 
> Despite some excellent Service Provider developments to help address 
> this issue,  the overall approach has lead to many different 
> variations in approach and a confusing experience for users.
>
> The final report from Cardiff University has now been delivered to 
> JISC and reviewed by the  REFEDs committee and is set out on this 
> wiki 
> <https://webmail.jisc.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://sites.google.com/site/publisherinterfacestudy> 
> for community consultation.  In response to the recommendations from 
> the report, JISC intends to:
>
> 1.      Carry out a full public consultation on the findings of the report;
> 2.	Instigate an international competition for the design of a 
> federated log-in brand;
> 3.      Develop full brand guidelines for Service Providers;
> 4.	Develop an easy-install tool and guide for embedded WAYFs 
> (Where are You From Services).
>
> Your opinion is very much valued and as such we invite you to read 
> through the report and please feel free to submit your ideas by 
> using the comment function on the site or by the feedback form 
> provided.
>
> The wiki, feedback form and full report can be found at:
>
> http://sites.google.com/site/publisherinterfacestudy/ 
> <https://webmail.jisc.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://sites.google.com/site/publisherinterfacestudy/>
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/mc2h6g 
> <https://webmail.jisc.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://tinyurl.com/mc2h6g>
>
> If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> Mark Williams
> JISC Collections
> Tel:     02030066042
> Mob:   07891601909
> Email:  <> 
> Blog:  http://access.jiscinvolve.org/ <http://access.jiscinvolve.org/>
>
>
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