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When you got your web service ready with a installed and running Service Provider you need to make it easier for the users to use your service. The hardest step is to make the identity providers to release needed attributes to your service. This can be done in different ways and you need to do all of themmust send your metadata to SWAMID Operations.

To make the login work smoother for your users you you need to get the right attributes from the Identity Providers. This may not be as easy that you thouhgt but if you do all things in this section it will make it easier.

• 4.1 Entity Categories for Service Providers is used to enable support for automatic attribute release from Identity Providers.
• 4.2 How to inform user of missing required attributes when accessing a service
• 4.3 If your service shall be available within the international academic identity federations inform SWAMID Operations that your Service Provider shall be exported to eduGAIN.
• 4.4 Contact the Identity Providers that you've know that you have users from and be sure that they release needed attributes, preferable with an entity category and with a manual release if you need special attributes, ie. entitlements.

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