JISC

JISC wishes to commission a project to identify how personalisation can be supported in its services in conjunction with federated access management. In particular, clear recommendations on how authorisation and attributes within federated architectures can support and encourage personalisation in the Information Environment (IE) are required. 

The aims and objectives of this project are:

• Scope which JISC services would be suitable to offer personalisation in relationship to identity management;
• Examine the transfer of personal information between systems, focusing on where user permission is explicitly or implicitly required and the feasibility of users having control over what is exposed to whom;
• Study current issues regarding anonymity and self disclosure on-line to establish the awareness and concerns of HE and FE users and whether this is changing with the growing use of web 2.0;
• Examine the interaction between authorisation and personalised content;  
• Investigate the implications of initiatives such as the Liberty Alliance for the Information Environment in general, with a specific regard for personalisation;
• This work should build on “Developing Personalisation for the Information Environment (1)” project, the JISC Personalisation Studies and other relevant work;
• Specify candidate demonstrators and the associated technical requirements.

Funding of up to £90,000 (inclusive of VAT and related travel and subsistence) is available for the study.

The expected start date for the project is Thursday 1 November 2007. This study should take place over a maximum period of eight months.