Integrate with SAML identity providers
back up to User Stories Fall 2011
User types involved
Narrative User Story (for sharing/review/voting)
to be written
Background
SAML identity providers authenticate users and identify their user types to grant different levels of access rights to VIVO. By integrating VIVO with certain SAML identity providers, it would enable easy set up of single sign on for the system administrator.
Wish list for improvement
Built-in integration of VIVO with OpenSAML identity providers.
Technical considerations
to be written
Priority or staging considerations
VIVO currently supports kerberos, shibboleth, and CAS (Notre Dame's implementation). The American Psychological Assocation (http://vivo.apa.org) is active in becoming a member of InCommon in part so they can use VIVO for authors from their 38 journals to log in and claim or annotate publications, using their home university credentials.
If there are additional changes are known to be needed in VIVO, please indicate what they are.
