Title: A secure collaborative web-based environment for virtual organisations

Authors: Romain Laborde, Michel Kamel, Samer Wazan, Francois Barrere, Abdelmalek Benzekri

Addresses: IRIT/SIERA – University Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. ' IRIT/SIERA – University Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. ' IRIT/SIERA – University Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. ' IRIT/SIERA – University Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. ' IRIT/SIERA – University Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France

Abstract: The concept of the Virtual Organisation (VO) is a natural outcome of network evolution and the growth of collaborative work tools. In the projects Value Improvement thought a Virtual Aeronautical Collaborative Enterprise (VIVACE) and Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP), we studied the different issues when setting VOs up. In this paper, we expose the requirements and characteristics of VOs through a use case where the partners produce a technical aeronautic specification, which was proposed by those consortiums. Then, we present a secured collaborative environment that we have deployed to deal with VO security constraints. It combines attribute-based access control models, privileges management infrastructure and identity federation to make VOs more dynamic.

Keywords: virtual organisations; identity federation; attribute-based access control; ABAC; collaboration; technical aeronautic specifications; aeronautics; privileges management; collaborative environments.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWBC.2009.023969

International Journal of Web Based Communities, 2009 Vol.5 No.2, pp.273 - 292

Published online: 22 Mar 2009 *

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