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
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