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This is the Raven Support Wiki.  
This is the Raven Support Wiki.  


:"Raven is a service used by some University of Cambridge web sites to identify people so that decisions (such as granting or denying access) can be made based on who that person is. Raven is provided by the University Computing Service, and uses standard Computing Service user identifiers (CRSid) and 'Raven passwords' to identify people" -- http://www.cam.ac.uk/cs/raven/
:"Raven is a service used by some web sites that provide resources for the University of Cambridge, to identify people so that decisions (such as granting or denying access) can be made based on who that person is and on other information about them. Raven is provided by University Information Services (UIS), and uses standard UIS user identifiers (CRSid) and 'UIS passwords' to identify people." -- http://www.ucs.cam.ac.uk/raven/
 
This Wiki is provided to collect together resources, ideas and experiences from people using and deploying Raven within the University. Please feel free to contribute anything you feel to be appropriate. Currently write access to this Wiki is restricted to people with Raven accounts who are currently at the University, but read-only access is available to anyone so please write with that in mind.
 
; '''[[Background and reference]]'''  : information about the officially supported part of the Raven service, links to documentation and resources elsewhere, etc.
; '''[[Raven-enabled applications]]''' : a reference list of applications that have or could be adapted to use Raven (via Ucam Webauth and/or Shibboleth)
; '''[[Raven-enabled services]]''' : services in the University that use Raven
; '''[[Wish list]]''' : suggested improvements and enhancements to the Raven service
 
Web servers that want to use Raven can do so using two different protocols:
 
; '''[[Raven/Webauth]]''' : the (old) UcamWebauth protocol which was introduced along with the Raven service in September 2004
; '''[[Raven/Shibboleth]]''' : the (new) Shibboleth protocol supported by Raven since September 2007, with a refresh to Shibboleth v3 in December 2018


This Wiki is provided to collect together resources, ideas and experiences from people using and deploying Raven within the University. Please feel free to contribute anything you feel to be appropriate. Currently access to this Wiki is restricted to people with Raven accounts. However read-only access may eventually be extended to anonymous users so please write with that in mind.
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* '''[[Background and reference]]''' - information about the officially supported part of the Raven service, links to documentation and resources elsewhere, etc.
If you want to experiment with creating or modifying wiki pages then please use the [[Sandbox]]. Some (minimal) [[Help:Contents | help]] is available. The managers (in so much as there is any management) of this wiki can be contacted at [mailto:raven-support@ucs.cam.ac.uk raven-support@ucs.cam.ac.uk].
* '''[[Documentation and HOWTOs]]''' - additional documentation and HOWTOs
* '''[[Application agents]]''' - modules and libraries that impliment Raven functionality.
* '''[[Raven-enabled applications]]''' - details of applications that have been adapted to use Raven for user authentication, in some cases with details of how it was done or links to additional resources.
* '''[Raven-enabled services]]''' - services in the University that use Raven

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This is the Raven Support Wiki.

"Raven is a service used by some web sites that provide resources for the University of Cambridge, to identify people so that decisions (such as granting or denying access) can be made based on who that person is and on other information about them. Raven is provided by University Information Services (UIS), and uses standard UIS user identifiers (CRSid) and 'UIS passwords' to identify people." -- http://www.ucs.cam.ac.uk/raven/

This Wiki is provided to collect together resources, ideas and experiences from people using and deploying Raven within the University. Please feel free to contribute anything you feel to be appropriate. Currently write access to this Wiki is restricted to people with Raven accounts who are currently at the University, but read-only access is available to anyone so please write with that in mind.

Background and reference
information about the officially supported part of the Raven service, links to documentation and resources elsewhere, etc.
Raven-enabled applications
a reference list of applications that have or could be adapted to use Raven (via Ucam Webauth and/or Shibboleth)
Raven-enabled services
services in the University that use Raven
Wish list
suggested improvements and enhancements to the Raven service

Web servers that want to use Raven can do so using two different protocols:

Raven/Webauth
the (old) UcamWebauth protocol which was introduced along with the Raven service in September 2004
Raven/Shibboleth
the (new) Shibboleth protocol supported by Raven since September 2007, with a refresh to Shibboleth v3 in December 2018

If you want to experiment with creating or modifying wiki pages then please use the Sandbox. Some (minimal) help is available. The managers (in so much as there is any management) of this wiki can be contacted at raven-support@ucs.cam.ac.uk.