Welcome to the UK federation Information Centre
Here is a glossary of terms.
For further information on the UK federation, please click on the following links. If you have JavaScript enabled, clicking on a "[+]" symbol will expand that section. Otherwise, click on the section title to be taken to a page with the same content.
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Events
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Preparation and joining process
- WAYF log-in terminology advice
- JISC Technical Pre-requisite Guide (for IdPs)
- Third Party Providers of Federated Access Management Solutions (our 3rd party support page is more up-to-date)
- Libraries briefing paper
- Federation overview ( 483KB)
- Federated access management for schools ( 1.62MB)
- JISC Briefing Paper for IdPs
- JISC Briefing Paper for Service Providers
- Becta Briefing Paper for IdPs
- JISC Business Case
- JISC Roadmap
- Application Process Map
- SP Standard Charge Membership Form
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Core federation documentation
- Policy on eligibility for membership
- Rules of membership for the federation (updated February 2019) - ( 176kb) updated!
- Recommendations for use of personal data (updated May 2018) - ( 109kb)
- Technical recommendations for participants, v1.6, July 2021
- Federation technical specifications, v1.6, July 2021
- Federation operator procedures - (updated July 2019) - ( 118kb)
- Identity provider deployment
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Quick links to technical information pages
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Presentations
- Introduction to the UK federation ( 843kb)
Downloadable sound file (mp3, 8.2Mb), or video presentation - Options for joining the federation ( 228kb)
sound file (mp3, 6.4Mb), or video presentation - Technical requirements for the UK federation ( 88kb)
sound file (mp3, 11.8Mb), or video presentation - Protecting User Privacy and Publisher Rights ( 142kb)
video presentation - Policy requirement for joining the UK federation ( 61kb)
sound file (mp3, 11.1Mb), or video presentation - Deploying Federated Access Management in FE: Case Study – Building the Business Case, Will Davidson, Halesowen College video presentation
- Deploying federated access management using the Shibb-on-Windows quick installer – Colin Bruce, Coventry University video presentation
- The JISC Federated Access Management animation
- Presentations made at the meeting of the Scottish Federated Access Management Forum (McShib).
Other presentations are available on the JISC Slideshow page
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Case studies
Anecdotal Case Studies from the Community
These case studies, prepared by member organisations of the UK federation, are provided for information purposes only and reflect the particular arrangements and experience of those concerned.
- Shibboleth 1 to 2 IdP Migration ( 193kb)
- Shibboleth 2 & ISA 2006 ( 212kb)
- Shibboleth 2 & Google Apps Integration ( 365kb)
- Leicestershire Library Services for Education and JISC Collections for Schools ( 333kb)
Access Management - Higher Education
- Brighton & Sussex Medical School ( 302kb)
- Cardiff University ( 310kb)
- Kingston University ( 323kb)
- Sussex University ( 284kb)
- University of Brighton ( 310kb)
- University of Dundee ( 399kb)
- Colin Bruce, Coventry University - Deployment Video recording
Access Management - Further Education
- Halesowen College ( 293kb)
- West Nottinghamshire College ( 311kb)
- Will Davidson, Halesowen College: – Building the Business Case Video recording
- RSC East Midlands case study Link to external website
Access Management - Schools Sector
- GLOW Scotland presentation (9Mb, mp3 file) with transcript ( 60kb)
- BECTA education policy and simplified SSO ( 117kb)
- Worcestershire Local Authority ( 319kb)
- East Midlands Broadband Consortium ( 314kb)
- South West Grid for Learning ( 297kb)
Access Management - Service Providers
- Britannica case study ( 281kb)
- EducationCity case study ( 277kb)
Windows Quick Install
- Birkenhead Sixth Form College ( 286kb)
- C2k ( 214kb)
- Coventry University ( 189kb)
- Edinburgh Telford College ( 158kb)
- Swansea College ( 2Mb)
- Swindon College ( 1Mb)
Guides produced by participants in the Windows Quick Install project
- Integrating a Shibboleth idP with Microsoft Active Directory ( 1.7Mb)
- Sample Security Configuration for a Shibboleth IdP ( 1.1Mb)
- Best Practice Guidance ( 178kb)
- Creating and installing SSL certificates ( 186kb)
- Quick Install IdP LDAP ( 189kb)
- Shibboleth Configuration files ( 212kb)
- Shibboleth Installation ( 903kb)
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Other
- Glossary of terms
- A dedicated page is available for links to other sites
- Guide to using this website
- Executive Summary of the survey of the UK federation service carried out in April/May 2010
You can get a list of all the pages by clicking here. If you want to find out what has changed recently, visit RecentChanges. Alternatively, there are RSS feeds you can use with a news aggregator to see federation news, when new pages are created or information on new Service Providers.