The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), UK, has announced that from August 1, 2011, the UK Access Management Federation will be operated on behalf of JISC by a partnership of JISC Collections and EDINA, assuming the role of federation operator from JANET(UK). JANET(UK) will continue in the role of managing operator, with support from EDINA in its role as technical operator, until July 31, 2011.
As the new operator, JISC Collections will be responsible for the enrolment of new members, both those who wish to join as service providers and those who wish to join as 'identity providers', typically institutions in education with staff and students.
The role of EDINA, which manages the metadata and provides technical support for the UK federation, remains unchanged. The federation members will see no alteration to their service.
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