Thanks for pointing that out Mark, it's an important consideration. I'll
pass that on to the web team.

We're working on an FAQ/What would my institution have to set up to be
able to join? sort of document and I'll send round a link to it once we
have it.

Thanks again and have a good weekend,

Mark 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for Shibboleth developments 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark Norman
> Sent: 02 March 2007 10:53
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: review of briefing requirements for federated 
> access management
> 
> Mark Tysom wrote:
> > Hi Mark, many thanks for your feedback on the UK Federation website.
> > 
> > As well as the detailed discussion on attributes in section 
> 7 of the 
> > Technical Recommendations for Participants document, we've 
> listed the 
> > four core attributes here 
> > http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/content/Documents/AttributeUsage
> Great stuff Mark.  I did think about emailing you directly 
> about this, but never got around to it!  That page is spot 
> on, I'd say, now.
> 
> At some stage, it would be good to see some sort of page like 
> "What would my institution have to set up to be able to 
> join?" (that kind of
> thing) that also linked to the attributes.  But what you've 
> got there now is really clear.
> > 
> > If you search for the word "attributes" on the UK 
> Federation website, 
> > this page is listed at the top.
> > 
> > The attributes used within the federation have been 
> categorised into 
> > Core, Subsidiary, Additional and Custom Attributes, as described in 
> > another recent addition to this page 
> > 
> http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/library/uploads/Documents/AttributeSets
> > .p
> > df
> That's pretty clear too!  And a good clarification - 
> something to expand into for the future.
> 
> > 
> > Please keep the feedback coming, it's extremely useful to 
> hear these 
> > "real world" experiences!
> OK, here's one more.  Quite minor, but we'd get our wrists 
> slapped here for doing this on a web site, so I'll pass it on :-)
> 
> In many places on the site, you've got links that say "click here"
> "by clicking here" or just
> "here"
> 
> This breaks usability guidelines for screen readers etc.  You 
> need real information to be included in the links for 
> (especially) blind users.
> 
> For example, you currently say:
> "You can get a list of all the pages in the library by 
> <LINK>clicking here</LINK> or start at one of the following 
> major topics:"
> 
> and this would be better as.
> 
> "<LINK>List all the pages in the library</LINK> or start at 
> one of the following major topics:"
> 
> (It's also fewer words!) :-)
> 
> (If we write "click here" on our web pages, someone from our 
> central web team comes and kicks in our door!!)
> 
> The site's good, though!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark
> 
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> 
> Mark Norman
> Integration and Development Manager
> Oxford University Computing Services
> Tel. +44 (0)1865 273287
>