AFAIK the current functionality of the Shibboleth to Athens gateway will
continue as is after July 2008. The only difference is who pays for it,
i.e. institutions.
Alistair
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> 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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