Here's a clickable link http://discovery.refeds.org/
On 05/10/2013 05:26 PM, steve_moit...@sil.org wrote: > FYI > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [refeds] REFEDS publishes Discovery guidelines to assist > federated access > Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 12:36:32 +0100 > From: Nicole Harris <har...@terena.org> > To: ref...@terena.org > > > > *REFEDS publishes Discovery guidelines to assist federated access* > > / / > > The REFEDS (Research and Education Federations) community has > published a toolkit and guidelines to improve user experience of > federated access to online services. Inconsistent login experience has > long been highlighted as a problem and this has formed an obstacle to > the use of federated identity. The toolkit and guidelines define > standard practices for the use and presentation of logos and error > messages on login pages and help Service Providers to understand the > business model for improving the user experience. They are to be used > by Service Providers that are, or plan to be, part of an identity > federation. > > 'Discovery' is the process in which users select their home > institution from a list while trying to login to federated online > services. The look and feel of the list of institutions and the > technologies used to manage the list make a significant impact on each > user's experience of the process. > > Several technical solutions to improve discovery are available, such > as the Shibboleth Embedded Discovery Service and DiscoJuice, but the > technologies in themselves do not support all the needs of Service > Providers -- such as understanding how best to make federated identity > work with your own brand. The REFEDS Discovery Guide is based on the > NISO ESPRESSO standard and provides a simple four-step approach based > on proven user experience testing and feedback. > > The REFEDS Discovery Guide was created for REFEDS by information > marketing specialists 'Mickey and Mallory', working with members of > the REFEDS community. The project was led by Nicole Harris (JISC > Advance) who said: "when speaking to users, the lack of a consistent > experience for login has been highlighted as the main barrier to the > take-up and use of federated identity again and again. With this > guide, REFEDS demonstrates the business drivers for improving the > login process in a consistent way, compatible with identity > federations worldwide". > > For more information and to view the guide, please see: > discovery.refeds.org. > > If you would like more information or to discuss the guide further > with REFEDS, please email us: cont...@refeds.org > <mailto:cont...@refeds.org>. > > > > >
