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Just a quick public thank you to all of you who replied (either directly or via the list).

 

There does seem to be a consensus that information on linking to both Shibboleth and Gateway resources (especially if you want to do it in creative ways) is either very patchy or hard to find . . . ? Simon McLeish's Wiki page on the subject looks like a very useful resource though (https://gabriel.lse.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/Projects/WayfLess) - thanks Simon!

 

All of the pointers and suggestions I received were very helpful. I've got plenty of food for thought now and look forward to trying some of this out . . .

 

Thanks again,

 

Mike

Michael White
eLearning Developer
Centre for eLearning Development (CeLD)
S7, The Library
University of Stirling
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From: Discussion list for Shibboleth developments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sue Stevens
Sent: 01 February 2008 15:04
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Linking to gateway resources

Hi Mike,

We had exactly the same problem as you when it came to constructing these URLs. Couldn't find any documentation. Eventually Eduserv told me what format I needed.

Our URL for CSA looks like this:

http://auth.athensams.net/?ath_dspid=ATHENS&ath_action=shaauth&id=https://idp.cardiff.ac.uk/shibboleth&ath_returl=http://auth.athensams.net/trl/1.0/-/IDS

We use the same base for all our resources, just change the very last part so it matched the resource short code. So our URL for Web of Knowledge is identical to the one for CSA apart from bit at the end:

http://auth.athensams.net/?ath_dspid=ATHENS&ath_action=shaauth&id=https://idp.cardiff.ac.uk/shibboleth&ath_returl=http://auth.athensams.net/trl/1.0/-/ISI_WOK

List of short codes is well hidden on the Athens Admin Site, but you can find it here:

https://admin.athens.ac.uk/res_list.php

If  you aren't already authenticated to as your Athens Site Admin it will prompt you to login first.

Hope this helps.

Incidentally I have the same problem with trying to create this type of URL for UK Federation access. Can't find any documentation on those either.

Sue

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Discussion list for Shibboleth developments <[log in to unmask]> wrote on 01/02/2008 14:01:35:

> Hi there,
>  
> We have our IdP up and running against the Shibboleth to Athens
> gateway (pretty much anyway, but we are still operating in
> development mode against the gateway), and I can access My Athens
> using a URL of the format (from the "Shibboleth - Athens integration guide"):
>  
> https://auth.athensams.net/setsite.php?id=https%3A//
> idp.shibboleth.stir.ac.uk/shibboleth&ath_dspid=ATHENS.MY&ath_returl=%2Fmy%2F
>  
> I want to construct similar links to other Athens protected
> resources beyond the gateway, preferably using Athens TRLs -
> stumbling blindly (can't find any documentation on this) I've got
> this to work:
>  
> https://auth.athensams.net/setsite.php?id=https%3A//
> idp.shibboleth.stir.ac.uk/
> shibboleth&ath_dspid=CSA.IDS&ath_returl=https://auth.athensams.net/
> trl/1.0/-/IDS
>  
> - is this the best way to construct links to Athens resources
> through the gateway?
>  
> I note the dspid is different from the Athens TRL (or appears to be)
> - if that is the case, is there a list of the Athens dspids
> available anywhere?
>  
> Any pointers, advice, links to documentation etc welcome.
>  
> Cheers,
>  
> Mike
> Michael White
> eLearning Developer
> Centre for eLearning Development (CeLD)
> S7, The Library
> University of Stirling
> Stirling SCOTLAND
> FK9 4LA
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Tel: +44 (0) 1786 466877
> Fax: +44 (0) 1786 466880
> http://www.is.stir.ac.uk/celd/
>  
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