Ocaasi, please centralize your notes, ideas, and plans regarding this here:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/AcademicAccess I know Chad Horohoe, Ryan Lane, and Chris Steipp might have things to say about this; per https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2012-13_Goals#Activities_12 their team aims to work on OAuth and OpenID within the next 11 months, and AcademicAccess is a possible beneficiary of that. Thanks! -- Sumana Harihareswara Engineering Community Manager Wikimedia Foundation On 07/25/2012 10:03 AM, Ocaasi Ocaasi wrote: > We currently have relationships with three separate resource databases. > > *HighBeam, 1000 authorized accounts, 700 active (http://enwp.org/WP:HighBeam) > *JSTOR, 100 accounts, all active (http://enwp.org/WP:JSTOR) > *Credo, 400 accounts, all active (http://enwp.org/WP:CREDO) > > No parties have agreed to participate in The Wikipedia Library *yet*, as it's > still in the concept stage, but my initial projection is that 1000 editors > would have access to it, and 100 additional users per year would be granted. > One of the challenges will be getting all the resource providers to agree on > that number, but the hope is that once some do, it will create a cascade of > adoption. > > So we're not looking at *thousands* of users, but more likely several > hundreds. Still, given the impact of our most active editors, 1000 of them > with access to the library would have significant impact. After all, we > can't cannibalize these databases' subscription business by opening the > library to ''all'' editors. It must be a carefully selected and limited > group. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wikitech-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org > [mailto:wikitech-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Ocaasi Ocaasi > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 6:22 PM > To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: [Wikitech-l] Creating a centralized access point for propriety > databases/resources > > Hi Folks! > The problem: Many proprietary research databases have donated free access to > select Wikipedia editors (Credo Reference, HighBeam Research, JSTOR). > Managing separate account distribution for each service doesn't scale well. > The idea: Centralize access to these separate resources behind a single > secure (firewalled) gateway, to which accounts would be given to a limited > number of approved users. After logging in to this single gateway, users > would be able to enter any of the multiple participating research databases > without needing to log in to each one separately. > The question: What are the basic technical specifications for setting up > such a system. What are open source options, ideally? What language would be > ideal? What is required to host such a system? Can you suggest a sketch of > the basic steps necessary to implement such an idea? > Any advice, from basics to details would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so > much! > Ocaasi > http://enwp.org/User:Ocaasi > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
