The steady progress of digitisation of our everyday lives does not come without its challenges despite all the opportunities it creates. One of the big challenges is data protection, which is also at the center of an overall heated discourse, especially in the context of cooperation potential enabled by digital innovation. The more data is…

On June 16th 2019, the new initiative “FIM4L“ was introduced at the 40th REFEDS meeting in Tallinn, Estonia. On behalf of Peter Gietz, who unfortunately had to cancel his participation on short notice, Nick Roy informed the community about the foundation and the further development of FIM4L. The aim of the initiative is to continue…

The 2nd DARIAH AAI NG Service Provider Workshop will take place in Warsaw on May 14, 2019  – right before the DARIAH Annual Event (May 15-17). The theme of the workshop is the Next Generation of DARIAH Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure (AAI). DARIAH AAI Next Generation The DARIAH AAI enables researchers from eduGAIN to access DARIAH…

On January 21 and 22, 2019, the DARIAH AAI NG Service Provider Workshop takes place in Tübingen at DAASI International. Topic of this workshop is the Next Generation of DARIAH Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure (AAI). DARIAH AAI Next Generation The DARIAH AAI enables researchers from eduGAIN to access DARIAH services, by using the interoperable SAML…

Last week, the third edition of the conference “Digital Infrastructure for Research”, shortly called DI4R, took place in Lisbon. Objective of this event is to bring together all persons involved and interested in a digital infrastructure for the research and to enable and support an exchange of ideas. This year, the conference was hosted by…