Some time ago (5 Dec 07) I contacted Sean with the following in
connection with Crossfire and Athens bulk uploads:
> We use bulk uploads to Athens and might need to do something in
> connection with uploading the eduPersonScopedAffiliation and
> eduPersonTargetedID attributes via Athens Permission Sets;
> but I am not
> sure what. I have contacted Eduserv but they just more or less said
> there is nothing to do (perhaps they just meant that the
> Permission Sets
> interface would not change as far as they knew or were
> concerned; but, I
> guess the attributes required depend on the Service
> Provider and I am
> not sure we have got that sorted out).
Can anyone spell out the implications more fully? In particular, will
any changes be needed for bulk uploads to Athens in order to use
Crossfire, or need we not worry about supplying any information via
Permission Sets to OpenAthens?
John P
Sean Dunne wrote:
> Al,
>
> It's important to distinguish between the Athens-to-Shibboleth Gateway and the Shibboleth-to-Athens Gateway.
>
> Eduserv's announcement yesterday concerned the Athens-to-Shibboleth Gateway. It means that institutions that take OpenAthens after July 2008 will be able to access purely federated services via this gateway, even if such services demand user accountability (and provided the institution signs up for that).
>
> After July 2008 the Shibboleth-to-Athens gateway will only be available to institutions who sign up for OpenAthens. This leaves institutions which do not sign up for OpenAthens with a potential problem in accessing services which only provide an Athens interface.
>
> Sean
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Discussion list for Shibboleth developments
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roberts A.L.
>> Sent: 15 February 2008 10:08
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [JISC-SHIBBOLETH] CrossFire / DigiMap Gateway news
>>
>> I'm probably missing something but didn't the announcement
>> from Eduserv
>> say that the upgrade would apply to the openAthens product and not the
>> gateway specifically. We have no plans to use openAthens but will be
>> using the gateway - so at the mo so this subject is still a
>> problem for
>> us.
>>
>> AL
>>
>> Mr. Alexander Roberts
>> Web Development Officer
>> Library and Information Services
>> Swansea University/Prifysgol Abertawe
>> +44 (0)1792 513239
>>
>>
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