New Documents available - Synthetic Scopes for Schools
Posted on Thursday, 20 November 2008
A document, and its summary, outlining the recommendations for the use of a synthetic scope within the schools sector are now available.
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Updated - Recommendations for the Personal Use of Data
Posted on Monday, 17 November 2008
A new version of the UK federation's Recommendations for the Use of Personal Data has just been published, providing updated guidance on protecting both users and providers of federated services.
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WAYFless urls
Posted on Monday, 3 November 2008
Details of Service Providers offering WAYFless urls are now available on the UK federation website
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Case Studies Now Available
Posted on Thursday, 30 October 2008
Case studies are now available on the UK federation website
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Revised version of Identity Provider Deployment document available.
Posted on Monday, 9 June 2008
A new version of the federation document on Identity Provider Deployment is now available from the federation web site. Edited by SteveGlover
School membership of UK federation gaining pace as numbers hit 300
Posted on Wednesday, 16 April 2008
15 April 2008 - YHGfL Foundation has become the 300th member to join the UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research, adding to the growing number of Regional Broadband Consortia (RBCs) and Local Authorities helping schools to take advantage of simplified and secure access to on-line content and resources.
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New Members since 17 March
Posted on Tuesday, 15 April 2008
The following organisations have joined the UK federation since 17 March:
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UCISA provides guidance on Access Management
Posted on Friday, 28 March 2008
UCISA (the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association) has published guidance for institutions to assist them to come to their own conclusions and plan their short and long term strategies for managing access to resources. The guidance is intended to lay out the options available and has been compiled from UCISA’s initial draft and input from both Eduserv and JISC.
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Internet2 releases Shibboleth 2.0
Posted on Thursday, 20 March 2008
The Shibboleth release announced by Internet2 today consists of revised service provider and completely re-written identity provider software. As such, UK federation procedures and documentation do not currently address use of Shibboleth 2.0 within the UK federation. UK federation members wishing to register Shibboleth 2.0 entities are welcome to do so, with the understanding that the registration process may take a little longer than usual while procedures and documentation are developed.
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New Members since 3 March
Posted on Monday, 17 March 2008
The following organisations have joined the UK federation since 3 March:
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New Members since 7 February
Posted on Monday, 3 March 2008
The following organisations have joined the UK federation since 7 February:
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Momentum builds with more than 200 members now confirmed
Posted on Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Membership of the UK Access Management Federation has more than doubled in under six months, as academic institutions across the country take advantage of new services that give students simplified access to content and resources. The signing of the 210th Federation member this week is evidence of the growing desire among academic institutions for flexible access management solutions. Academic institutions across the country take advantage of new services that give students simplified access to content and resources.
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JISC offers support to small publishers
Posted on Friday, 8 February 2008
JISC invites applications from smaller publishers for support to obtain assistance from the JISC Publisher Access Management Support Project to enable them to join the UK Access Management Federation by becoming a Service Provider (SP).
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New Members since 30 January
Posted on Thursday, 7 February 2008
The following organisations have joined the UK federation since 30 January:
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JISC invites tenders to support small publishers
Posted on Monday, 4 February 2008
The JISC wishes to invite tenders for the design, development and delivery of a programme of technical support and associated technical solutions aimed at smaller publishers seeking to join the UK Access Management Federation.
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New Members since 21 December
Posted on Tuesday, 29 January 2008
The following organisations have joined the UK federation since 21 December:
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Federated access management: JISC announces changes to transition arrangements
Posted on Tuesday, 22 January 2008
As part of its transition programme for federated access management for UK education and research, JISC has been actively seeking an extension to the Federation Gateway Services contract with Eduserv which would allow Athens to work in the open standards environment of the UK Access Management Federation. Regretfully, we must announce that we have not managed to reach an affordable agreement for the provision of the service, and it will no longer form part of the JISC Services portfolio from 1st August 2008.
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Re-use of Persistent Identifiers
Posted on Monday, 14 January 2008
The UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research ('the federation') provides a mechanism for Service Providers to manage the risk of unauthorised disclosure of their content and of any information which they store about their users.
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Shibboleth on Windows - Call for Participation
Posted on Friday, 11 January 2008
JANET (UK) would like to invite JANET connected organisations to participate in the testing of a Shibboleth on Windows installer.
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EDINA Digimap available via the UK federation
Posted on Tuesday, 8 January 2008
EDINA Digimap, which celebrates its 8th birthday this week, is a collection of services delivering maps and map data of Great Britain to UK Higher and Further Education. The 100,000th Digimap OS service user was registered in December 2007.
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