This is the draft text for the "help" document accessed via the CAMS Login page:
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The MIT Touchstone, or Touchstonenetwork.net, Collaboration Accounts Management System (CAMS) is intended to be a simple to use accounts management system that provides self-registration and self-service capabalities for a variety of users. MIT has created the Touchstone Collaboration Accounts management system as a Shibboleth identity provider. Any person that needs an online identity to access MIT Touchstone enabled applications and/or InCommon Federation accessisble applications may register for a Touchstone Collaboration Account. The accounts may be used to securely authenticate to a variety of applications hosted by members of the InCommon Federation. People that have an MIT Kerberos username do not need to create a Collaboration Account, such an account will provide MIT users with no new capabilities. The same is generally |
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true for any person that has an existing account with other members of the InCommon Federation. |
Touchstone Collaboration Accounts are:
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