JISC

This project is working with GGF colleagues around the world to define an authorisation Application Program Interface (API) for the Grid, and to publish this specification as a Grid standard. The interface will be specified using the OASIS SAML protocol. The Globus toolkit v3 will then be enhanced to support this interface, as will the PERMIS authorisation infrastructure. Finally, the BRIDGES project at the University of Glasgow will pilot the combined GT3/PERMIS software.

Objectives of the project

• Be a joint chair of the OGSA Authzn working group
• Be a joint editor of version 2 of the OGSA Authorisation protocol specification
• Implement version 2 of the protocol in the PERMIS authorisation system
• Add obligations to the PERMIS authorisation infrastructure (including the policy management GUI)
• Perform interworking tests with the future release of Globus toolkit that will support this protocol
• Support validation tests with a still-to-be-determined UK or EGEE Grid project which finds it needs the features provided by this future specification and implementation