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[Rhys Smith <Rhys.Smith AT jisc.ac.uk>]

> On 18 Feb 2016, at 20:58, Tomasz Wolniewicz <twoln AT umk.pl> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> W dniu 18.02.2016 o 21:38, Peter Schober pisze:
>> * Tomasz Wolniewicz <twoln AT umk.pl> [2016-02-18 21:15]:
>>> 1. We no longer use Google maps. Instead static maps are generated on
>>> each federations status update.
>> Great (less Google is always good). But where are those maps and what
>> do we need them for? Sorry, I never noticed any maps on the site.
> PR, I guess :).
> The are on the status page: https://technical.edugain.org/status and a
> small one on the main page.

Quick Q - the map shows CARSI (China) as being an eduGAIN member. I didn’t 
think they were?



>>> 2. There is an updated version of the database interface which allows one
>>> to have a quick look into entities causing clashes.
>>> You can display clash info along the normal listing, or limit the listing
>>> to clashes only. You will see both the entities that come from you but
>>> block others as well as the ones that you provide but are blocked by 
>>> others.
>> Excellent! In case anyone else is wondering where to find the
>> duplicates that did *not* make it into the aggregate -- the help has
>> this to offer:
>> 
>>  CLASHes shown in Yelow make it to eduGAIN but block others,
>>  the ones show in Red are the blocked ones.
>> 
>> I don't see any red ones (as they did not make it into the aggregate
>> and when would the eduGAIN entities database ever show entities that
>> are not in eduGAIN?) *but* clicking on the yellow CLASH "thing" (not a
>> link, nor a button) will give you the other federations that have this
>> in their eduGAIN upstream feed. Nice.
> Select the UK Federation and display clashes. When you display all
> clashes you do not see any red ones, as you only see their "real"
> instance in the feed. When you select a given federation (or a group)
> you will also see those entities which would have made it into eduGAIN
> but were blocked by someone else.

Nice, very useful, thanks for that Tomasz (and Peter for the explanation - 
took me a few minutes to figure it out!)



Rhys.

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