Digimap changes

Please see the following information from Digimap regarding Class Accounts


Dear Colleague,
This message regards the use of Class Accounts with Digimap. Please pass it on
to anyone you think may need this information.
Following the authentication management changes which will occur on 1 August
2008, it will no longer be possible to register for class use of Digimap. All
access to Digimap will be by individual registration only.
As you will know, access to Digimap will be via the UK federation only from 1
August 2008. UK federation rules do not permit more than one person to access
any resource under the same set of credentials. In addition, institutions
subscribing to any Digimap Collection (except Historic Digimap) must assert
"user accountability". This means that the institution is able to trace
activity in any given session to an individual. This is not possible if user
identiifers (which are used to authenticate sessions within online resources)
are shared between individuals, as they would be if using a class account.
Please bear in mind that at busy times of year it may take longer than usual to
process individual registrations. Please ask your students to register in good
time if they need access for the purposes of a class exercise on a particular
day.
Regards,
Emma Sutton
EDINA Geoservices Support