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> Eduserv's announcement of this upgrade is warmly welcomed. It removes a pot=
> ential barrier to federated access to several services (not only CrossFire =
> and Digimap) hosted by Mimas and EDINA, and maybe to other services as well=
>> The functionality offered by the Athens to Shibboleth gateway is an
>> integral part of our OpenAthens product and we would like to reassure
>> you that an upgrade to ensure compliant "user accountability" =
>> is part of
>> our roadmap with a resolution planned by 20th May 2008. The change to
>> the terms and conditions that was enacted late last year was a part of
>> this roadmap.
I see that Mimas and Edina resources are directly accessible by a Federated site anyway (http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/content/Documents/AvailableServices)
without going through Athens so is there any need to go through the Athens to Shib gateway, or am I missing something (not unusual)?
Andy
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