Page 20 - April_June 2017

communicate. If there is no match, or the credentials Section of the UGC Act, 1956 and all Inter-
presented are wrong, no attributes will be sent. University Centre (IUCs) of the UGC that are

eligible to get access to e-resources through the e-
It should be signed by the federation operator and
Shodh Sindhu Consortium are eligible to
hosted using https://, and should be accessible to
participate of the INFED.
anyone by all providers in the federation.
ii. Colleges: All Govt. / Govt.-aided colleges covered
2.4 Discovery Services (WAYF-Where Are You
under 12(B) and 2(f) Section of the UGC Act, 1956
From)
that are eligible to get access to e-resources through

As a user who is willing to use the federated services the National Library and Information Infrastructure
he/she has to locate his home organisation. It's quite for Scholarly Content (N-LIST) are eligible to
difficult to locate from the large number of list. In order participate in INFED.
to overcome this issue Discovery Services (DS) can be
iii. Private Universities / Colleges and Other
setup based upon the federation metadata. The essential
Institutions: The Federation may allow private
goal is to redirect the user to their SSO endpoint by
universities, private colleges and other
selecting their home organization. This Discovery
organizations to participate after obtaining
Services can setup by the publishers orby the country
approval from competent authority.
federation itself .
iv. Publishers: All publishers providing access to e-
2.5 Rules
resources under the e-Shodh Sindhu Consortium or
The framework is created by each Member agreeing to NLIST Programme are can be member of the

be bound by these Rules which set out an agreed set of INFED.
rules for exchanging information about End Users and
2.7 How INFED Works?
resources so as to enable access and use of resources
and services. Responsibility for the provision of the INFED creates a trust relationship, facilitating federated,
Federation is shared amongstthe INFLIBNET Centre, single sign-on access and offers improved data security
member universities and colleges. The Access and convenience for end-users. As such, Shibboleth
Management Committee is ultimately responsible for implementation at INFED @INFLIBNET Centre would
maintaining effective governance of the Federation. It work as follows:
discharges this responsibility by defining the policies

governing membership of the federation and for the
responsibilities that federation membership entails.

2.6 Eligibility to become a member of INFED

The INFED currently has the following four classes of

participants who are eligible to join the federation. All
institutions have to apply for the membership of INFED
on prescribed application form:

I. Universities & CFTIs: All Govt. / Govt.-aided
universities covered under Section 12(B) and 2 (F) How INFED Works

16 Vol. 24, No. 2 (April to June, 2017)