As it invites the world to play in a mysterious sandbox it likes to call "Caffeine," Google is testing more than just a "next-generation" search infrastructure. It's testing at least a portion of a revamped software architecture that will likely underpin all of its online applications for years to come.
In dem verlinkten Blog wird sehr anschaulich erklärt, welchen Status Shibboleth bei den Bibliotheken in Deutschland derzeit hat. Zusätzlich gibt es einen kleinen Einblick in die Funktionsweise von Shibboleth.
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