Note that the SDSS Federation no longer accepts new applications to join. Applications should instead be made to join the UK Federation. The information on this page is of historical interest only.

Identity Providers

The SDSS federation currently contains, in addition to various test sites:

  • Fourteen institutional identity providers:
    • Cardiff University
    • Nottingham Trent University
    • Reid Kerr College, Paisley
    • St. George's University of London
    • Thames Valley University
    • The London School of Economics and Political Science
    • The University of Durham
    • The University of Edinburgh
    • The University of Exeter
    • The University of Leeds
    • The University of Liverpool
    • The University of Newcastle upon Tyne
    • The University of The Highlands and Islands
    • University College, London
  • Two departmental identity providers:
    • MIMAS
    • Oxford University Computing Services
  • Other:
    • Birmingham Grid for Learning

Projects

  • JISC Core Middleware projects (as identity providers, service providers or both):
    • AMIE: Attribute Management in an Institutional Environment
    • ASMIMA: Adoption of Shibboleth for Multiple Identity Management Applications
    • DyVOSE: Dynamic Virtual Organisations in e-Science Education
    • FEAR: Early Adopter, Further Education to Access Resources
    • GILEAD: Early Adopter, institutional origin for authentication to Bodington VLE
    • Guanxi: long-term institutional collaborations and Shibboleth in e-learning contexts
    • IAMSECT: Inter-institutional Authorisation Management to Support eLearning with reference to Clinical Teaching
    • KC-ROLO: Kidderminster College Repository of Learning Objects
    • MATU: Middleware Assisted Take-Up service
    • Metaleth: Early Adopter, Shibboleth integration with the library portal product "Metalib"
    • PERSEUS: Portal-Enabled Resources via Shibbolized End-User Security
    • RAGS: RADIUS-aware Gateway to Shibboleth
    • SAFARI UKDA: Shibboleth Authentication For Access to the Resource Infrastructures of the UKDA
    • SAPIR: Shibboleth-enabled Access to Portals and Institutional Resources
    • ShibGrid: A prototype system allowing National Grid Service users to access facilities through federated authentication at their own institutions.
    • SDSS: Shibboleth Development and Support Services
    • SHORE: SHibboleth Enabling Online Resources, University of Wales Swansea
    • SPIE: Shibboleth-aware Portals and Information Environments
    • SWISh: South West Implementation of Shibboleth
  • Schools sector projects (as identity providers, service providers or both):
    • LTS Glow: Learning and Teaching Scotland Glow Integration Project.

Service Providers

A list of live Shibboleth-enabled services is available on the front page of the federation site, http://www.sdss.ac.uk/.