Cut the crap... take me straight to the demos:
These demos show two semi-working examples of what an academic publisher's website 'sign in' process might look like, according to the recommendations of the Kantara ULX working group.
The first of the two demos represents an icon-based approach (which follows the ULX mock-ups fairly closely). The second offers a rather more text-based version (which is inspired by the ULX working group's work but which can't really be said to be an implementation of them).
The overall context is that of SAML-based federated access management (e.g. as enabled by the UK Access Management Federation) but where a limited number of other sign in options are also possible. In the demos shown here, three possible sign in options are presented: 1) signing in via the user's local institution (using a SAML-based federated approach); 2) signing in using the NHS Athens service (for NHS users only); and signing in using a local sign in option.
The demo is based on a ficticious service called EduStuff. Note however, that this service is represented by a single web page and that none of the links on that page work except for the 'Sign in' link at the top right of the page.
It is worth noting that the Kantara ULX Working Group is considering a significantly more complex space than the one present here - for example, their mockups refer to 45 sign in options. In this demo, I suggest that 3 sign in options is more realistic for academic publishers currently (though, to be honest, I'm not sure if this is a valid working assumption).
For background information and discussion of this demo, see the following blog poist on eFoundations: On federated access management, usability and discovery.
Note that both demos have some working differences from the Kantara ULX mockups.
Removed reference to 'institutional accounts' - now just using 'accounts' instead.
Removed count of number of accounts on basis that saying '1 of 650' is a bit unweildy.
Also fixed slight bug with cookie handling (only affected IE users I think).