NISO RP-2005-01, Ranking of Authentication and Access Methods Available to the Metasearch Environment
2005
Methodology and Recommendation Current SituationThe Access Management Process (AMP), for the purposes of this report, can be defined as the communication between a user and metasearch engine or metasearch engine and a resource.The AMP communication protocol defines the way a metasearch engine or resource authenticates, authorizes, and issues credentials based on the presented credentials, attributes, and entitlements of the user or metasearch engine, as depicted in Figure 1.