1ELSEVIER:SUPPORTING RESEARCHERS THROUGHINNOVATIVE SOLUTIONSYoungsuk Chi
Vice Chairman

National Institute of Informatics Symposium
February 23, 2009

The story of Shibboleth‫ שבולת‬: shibboleth“Shibboleth,” meaning an ear of corn, or a stalk ofgrain, was a word used by the Gileads in biblicaltimes. It was a word used to distinguish membersof a group (like the Ephraimites) whose dialectlacked a /ʃ/ sound (as in shoe) from themselves
whose dialect did include such a sound.

A “shibboleth” distinguishes not who you are, but whereyou are from and whom you are associated with2

UPKI’s “shibboleth”

UPKI is aninnovative pioneerin supporting
research

No other group inAsia has adopted
federatedauthentication

UPKI showsleadership bytaking risks for thesake of science

The “UPKI-Federation” label has itself become a “shibboleth”

3Embracing new technologies

XML Technology• One of the earliest adopters of media neutral structuredformats• One of the first publishers to commit entire article production
workflow to this technology• Versatility to produce PDFs, HTML, print all from one source

Digital Object Identifier(DOI)• Founding member of CrossRef• Understood importance of citation linking and need for DOI• One of the first publishers to incorporate citation linking inproducts

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Elsevier’s work with Shibboleth
Elsevier has understood the value of developing Shibboleth andfederated authentication from early onHeld workshops with customers to help develop
Shibboleth design in 2002
First vendor to support US-based InCommon
federation in production in 2005
Engaged in community discussions on best practicesfor multi-federation user-interface design
Built multifederation capability and design intoScienceDirect5UPKI Federation and Elsevier
A “WWW” Result
Benefits for researchers
Elsevier is the firstpublisher to offer
access to its epublishing platform
for testing the UPKI
Federation• Use only one campus login ID/password
for access to all licensed applications• Personal data kept between user andhome institution• Option to personalize service if basic
registration implemented

Benefits for university/library• Reduced administrative overhead

Benefits for publishers
Initial testing has alreadybeen successful!

• No longer need IP authentication for onsite access• Remote access/personalization usinglocal credentials• Reduced need for user support

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Elsevier partner federations

IDEM
Italian Higher Ed & ResearchFederationFrench Universities & Grand Ecoles
7Elsevier’s overarching mission
Make genuine contributions
to science and health communities

Researchers

Publishers

Researchers are the lead actors

ResearchLibraries
Institutes

Publishers, libraries, and research
institutes are supporting actors
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1. Researchers need better ways to confront
the exponential growth in content
Anyone can be a “publisher”
 Increasing number of websites
 Increasing scientific/research output
 Time spent searching for information still high92. Researchers need tools to enhancetheir global network
Globalization has enlarged research communities inemerging and developing nations
 Proliferation of online networking tools
 Greater interdisciplinary and combined-discipline research10

3. Researchers need more engaging andinteractive content-based experiences
Rising popularity and use of streaming video
 Rise of mobile applications and technology
 Great interactivity through user-generated content

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Managing the tsunami: Illumin8

Employssemantic searchand natural
languageprocessing
technology toisolate specificsolutions toquestions

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Managing the tsunami: eClips Consult

Editorial selection
and ratings of themost important
articles and news
in specificmedical fields

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Managing the tsunami: BrainNavigatorThree-dimensional,
searchable
visualization toolstreamlines
research process forneuroscientists

14Enhancing the global network:
2CollabFree, online platform to find new research partners and form groups to share, tag,rate, and review online materials, such as bookmarks and articles

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Enhancing the global network:
ScopusFind experts in a particular field by identifying singularauthors and viewing their publishing profile

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Enhancing the global network:
SciTopics

Wiki-like, topiccentered platform
bringing together
experts tosummarize key
scientific topics andusers to engage indiscussion

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Dynamic content-based experience:
Procedures Consult
High-quality instructional streaming videos to review specific medial procedures

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Dynamic content-based solutions:
Netter’s Anatomy Flash Cards
Crisp, high-definition images can be studied and reviewed on the go

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Dynamic content-based experience:
Article of the future
Letting researchers show us what their visionof a scientific article is20

The original mark of theHouse of Elzevir

Circa 162021