Idp-Requirements Archive

Requirements for SAML2 Identity Providers v20180319 (Draft)

Changes to the Requirements for SAML2 Identity Providers that are purely technical in nature must reach rough consenus/no opposition at the SAFIRE Participants’ Forum. Changes to the administrative requirements are synchronised with the Metadata Registration Practice Statement. This version reached rough consensus on …. The following describes the technical and administrative checks that will be made before an identity provider is admitted into the SAFIRE federation within the SAML2 Technology Profile.

Generating eduPersonEntitlement

The eduPersonEntitlement attribute is used to indicate a user’s entitlement to access a specific service or resource. For example, its most widely used value, urn:mace:dir:entitlement:common-lib-terms, is used to indicate eligibility to access licensed content from information publishers. Relationship to eduPersonScopedAffiliation Library information providers often support both eduPersonEntitlement and eduPersonScopedAffiliation as a means of limiting access to licensed resources. It is likely that there is significant overlap between values used for eduPersonAffiliation (and thus eduPersonScopedAffiliation).

Requirements for SAML2 Identity Providers v20161221 (Draft)

The following describes the technical and administrative checks that will be made before an identity provider is admitted into the SAFIRE federation within the SAML2 Technology Profile. It also serves as a checklist for identity provider operators for assessing their readiness to participate. Metadata MUST1 have an entityID that is a URL (well-known location). The URL SHOULD use the https scheme and it is RECOMMENDED that valid metadata be available at this URL.

Requirements for SAML2 Identity Providers v20160916 (Draft)

The following describes the technical and administrative checks that will be made before an identity provider is admitted into the SAFIRE federation within the SAML2 Technology Profile. It also serves as a checklist for identity provider operators for assessing their readiness to participate. Metadata MUST1 have an entityID that is a URL (well-known location). The URL SHOULD use the https scheme and it is RECOMMENDED that valid metadata be available at this URL.

Requirements for SAML2 Identity Providers

This page documents the history of SAFIRE’s Requirements for SAML2 Identity Providers and will display the most recent version. You should always reference this page when linking to the Requirements for SAML2 Identity Providers, unless you intend to link to a specific, versioned document. Changes to the Requirements for SAML2 Identity Providers that are purely technical must reach rough consensus/no opposition among SAFIRE’s service advisory group. Changes to the administrative requirements are synchronised with the Metadata Registration Practice Statement.

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