JISC

Overview

`My References' lists will be by default private to an individual, but we will provide an option for users to `share' some or all of their lists. Such utility will form the basis of a recommender function based on user-selected resources (“users who saved this item, also saved..” or “view other lists with this item”). This function will directly compliment the work of the TILE project, which will carry forward recommendations to investigate the role of usage and circulation data to provide recommender functions (Mimas is partnering in this work through Copac). The work would also complement that of the Tag Recommender Demonstrator proposed by Mimas and the University of Glamorgan (EnTag) for the Copac and Intute services.

As well as the demonstrator the project will produce a full report on the issues around deploying Shibboleth across sessions and services.

Aims and objectives

To provide a demonstrator which gives users the ability to aggregate, tag and annotate resources from all services and maintain them separately in their desired web 2.0 contexts.

• To provide a feasibility report on the issues around deploying Shibboleth across sessions and services 
• To personalise search and retrieval related tasks therefore making them easier to perform 
• To investigate recommender functions providing new routes to content via shared lists 
• To provide functionality in line with expectations derived from popular wider Internet environment websites

Project methodology

 Mimas at The University of Manchester will manage the project. The team will share findings with Edina at the University of Edinburgh and the D2D project team and work in collaboration with Edina to document the issues around deploying Shibboleth across sessions and services. The demonstrator will be implemented on the Copac development server and testing undertaken. It will then be assessed for suitability for service deloployment.

The project team will fully engage with the TILE project and other personalisation projects funded by JISC.

Anticipated outputs and outcomes

• `My References' demonstrator for Copac 
• Report on the issues around deploying Shibboleth across sessions and services
• Report on suitability for service deployment 
• Final project report