D1.2: An Information structure to provide categories and subcategories relevant for FIDIS

FIDIS Communication Infrastructure INFORMATION SYSTEM

There will be an on-going effort to disseminate knowledge acquired within FIDIS beyond the network. The website will be external with facilities that will make available information about FIDIS, about European identity management systems, some of the final work products, general information on each JPA, a collection of real-life stories related to identity issues, and an agenda with information about specific events. So far, the following additional features and improvements have been identified for the dissemination of FIDIS results on the website and on the internal portal: 

1. FIDIS Journal – Being part of Workpackage 9, the efforts of creating a journal on identity management can be facilitated by using a web-based system. Therefore, the FIDIS website could be used as a platform to host an electronic version of the journal.

2. Newsletter system for external stakeholders and the public – For an efficient means of informing external stakeholders and the public about the ongoing research within the FIDIS NoE, a web-based newsletter system will be installed. Depending on the preferred topic the subscriber is interested in, a customised newsletter will be created and sent via email.

3. Advanced Wiki Workpad – Being the focal point of exchanging ideas and results, the wiki system will be enhanced in many ways. These enhancement especially focus on the usability (e.g. a system to find differences in different versions of a wiki-page) or the export of the results into other data formats (e.g. text-files, XML, etc.) for further editing. Moreover, a “wiki-viewer” will be created, that serves as a read-only version of the wiki.

4. Deliverables library – A library for the dissemination of the research results (e.g. deliverables) will be created in a dedicated public download repository on the public website.

5. Database integration – As part of its objective to become a reference point for discussions between all actors involved in Identity issues in Europe, the NoE will also build a database on identity management systems, related projects and initiatives. The geographical scope is Europe but relevant activities outside of Europe will also be recorded. Relevant interoperability, technical and strategic initiatives as well as European Commission funded projects and initiatives will also be included. The existing different ID systems in Europe will be collected and analysed and a suitable taxonomy will be produced. Currently, different ways of integrating this database on identity management are researched. Therefore a TYPO3 extension will be created that seamlessly plugs into the developed system for better usability.