The eCSG Mobile App Mario Torrisi INFN – Division of Catania 24 June 2013 Webinar on the eCSG 1

Outline  Introductory considerations  Scenario  DCH-RP eCSG Mobile –Architecture –Features  Live demo  Summary and conclusion 224 June 2013 Webinar on the eCSG

Introductory considerations (1/2)  Issues: 1.Complexity of technologies to manage large repositories of data  (store, organize, search and retrieve) 2.High availability 3.Access control 4.Mobile access 324 June 2013 Webinar on the eCSG

Introductory considerations (2/2)  Possible solutions: 1.Efficient mechanisms to browsing, searching and filtering digital assets in large repositories of data 2.Digital assets must be accessible anywhere and everywhere 3.Federated Authentication & fine grained authorization 4.Dedicated Apps for mobile scenario 424 June 2013 Webinar on the eCSG

Scenario  Consumers are increasingly using mobile devices as their default gateway to the Internet  Will want to access information services wherever 524 June 2013 Webinar on the eCSG Goal: provide simple access to digital assets by using mobile devices Goal: provide simple access to digital assets by using mobile devices

DCH-RP eCSG Mobile  Native Android App  Uses framework: –Retrieves digital assets metadata –Seamlessly access several kinds of storages where digital contents are stored 624 June 2013 Webinar on the eCSG

Architecture 724 June 2013 Webinar on the eCSG eToken service DCH-RP eCSG Mobile glibrary.ct.infn.it REST API Science Gateway User Tracking DB Call gLibrary REST API through API Server Gateway Metadata Service Local storage Grid storage Cloud Storage Authorization service Authentication service

Features  Simple Authentication and Authorization procedure  Multi-repository browsing  Hierarchical filtering mechanism of digital assets by its metadata  View digital asset metadata  Download digital object on your mobile device to examine it offline 824 June 2013 Webinar on the eCSG

Live Demo  DCH-RP eCSG Mobile App 924 June 2013 Webinar on the eCSG

Summary and conclusions  DCH-RP eCSG Mobile main goal: –Provide simple access to digital assets by using mobile devices  Current features: –REST APIs to access available digital assets –Security:  Support for federated authentication  API authentication via SAML/Shibboleth –Usability  Optimized GUI for mobile scenarios –Standards  Full support for HTTP/HTTPS direct access to storage elements 1024 June 2013 Webinar on the eCSG

Thank you! Mario Torrisi INFN – Division of Catania 24 June 2013 Webinar on the eCSG 11