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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 easierYou need to do all four bullets in the list below to get the best result.

• 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.

Don't forget to enhance user experience with 4.3 Service Provider Metadata Extensions for Login and Discovery User Interface (MDUI). Look at the example to understand what the MDUI information can do with the user experience. More information and good practice for how to design a good login user interface can be found in the REFEDS login and discovery guidelines.

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