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Hi Nadine + all,

I’m not sure that the merger between Jisc and eduserv has actually changed anything for UK institutions.  The UK federation continues to exist and support a number of SAML based solutions including Shibboleth AND Open Athens IdP. In both cases it’s a technical solution (an entity) being registered in the UKf.

Jisc remains a core funder of the Shibboleth Consortium, which provides the free to use Shibboleth code base (and actually operates the Consortium on behalf of all participants) as well as providing a consultancy solution for institutions who need help with Shibboleth.

It’s still a very much mixed ecosystem, with I hope, plenty of choice.

Many thanks

 

Mark

 

 

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Subject: [lis-e-resources] OpenAthens subscription

 

Now that Jisc have merged with Eduserv and want to merge their services in the long term, has your institution cancelled your OpenAthens subscription to rely instead on Shibboleth and the UK Federation?

 

Regards

Nadine

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