Clouds for Crowds—Implementing Federated AAI for the Digital Humanities

Technology has been inherent to the digital humanities from the outset. However, with the increase in data-driven research, Research Infrastructures (RI) such as DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities) need to ensure secure access to the data, tools and workflows they offer. Furthermore, collaboration with other RIs through initiatives such as OSCARS (Open Science Clusters’s Action for Research and Society) and compatibility with the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) are becoming increasingly important. It is within this context that this article aims to highlight the necessity and advantages of implementing federated identity management and authorisation. It describes the technological background of such an Authentication and Authorisation Infrastructure (AAI) solution for the digital humanities. Finally, it motivates the DHTech community to adopt the AARC Blueprint Architecture supported by a Compendium being developed in the context of the AARC-TREE project.