Entity categories is used for data release minimization and scalable attribute release from an Identity Provider within SWAMID to a Service Provider in SWAMID and/or eduGAIN.
If an owner of a Service and the Identity Provider Home Organisation has a bilateral agreement the attribute release can be extended with additional attributes based on the agreement.
Attribute release based on entity categories
x - Attribute is released, if no value is present do not release an empty value.
o - Attribute is released only if requested and required in the metadata for the service, if no value is present do not release an empty value.
| Attribut | SAML2 Attribute Identifier | Without enitity category | GÉANT CoCo | REFEDS R&S | SWAMID R&E | SWAMID SFS-1993-1153 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Only required release Release attribute "only if requested and required" in metadata1 | Will be deprecated This entity category is under process to be deprecated and will in the future be replaced with REFEDS R&S or GÉANT CoCo depending on service. Dependency SWAMID R&E is used in pair with one of the entity categories SWAMID EU-Adequate-Protection, SWAMID NREN-Service and SWAMID HEI-Service | Will be deprecated This entity category is under process to be deprecated and will in the future be replaced with GÉANT CoCo. Dependency Release only for users with a Swedish personal identity number (sv. personnummer), a Swedish co-ordination number (sv. samordningsnummer) or a organisational student interim identity number (sv. interimspersonnummer) | ||||
| transientId | SAML2 NameID | x | o | x | x | x |
| eduPersonTargetedID | urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.10 | o | x2 | |||
| eduPersonPrincipalName | urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.6 | o | x | x | ||
| eduPersonUniqueID3 | urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.13 | o | x | x | ||
| eduPersonOrcid | urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.16 | o | ||||
| norEduPersonNIN | urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.2428.90.1.5 | o4 | x4 | |||
| personalIdentityNumber | urn:oid:1.2.752.29.4.13 | o4 | ||||
| urn:oid:0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.3 | o | x | x | |||
| displayName | urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113730.3.1.241 | o | x | x | ||
| cn (commonName) | urn:oid:2.5.4.3 | o | x | |||
| givenName | urn:oid:2.5.4.42 | o | x | x | ||
| sn (surname) | urn:oid:2.5.4.4 | o | x | x | ||
| eduPersonAssurance | urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.11 | o | x | x | ||
| eduPersonScopedAffiliation | urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.9 | o | x | |||
| eduPersonAffiliation | urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.1 | o | ||||
| o (organizationName) | urn:oid:2.5.4.10 | o | x | |||
| norEduOrgAcronym | urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.2428.90.1.6 | o | x | |||
| c (countryName) | urn:oid:2.5.4.6 | o | x | |||
| co (friendlyCountryName)e | urn:oid:0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.43 | o | x | |||
| schacHomeOrganization | urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.25178.1.2.9 | o | x | |||
| schacHomeOrganizationType | urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.25178.1.2.10 | o |
1 The entity category GÉANT Code of Conduct does not have a specific attribute bundle. Instead of an attribute bundle it uses attribute request in metadata for specific required attributes.
2 eduPersonTargetedID should only be released in with the entity category REFEDS Research & Scholarship if eduPersonPrincipalName is reassignable.
3 eduPersonUniqueID must be a long term unique identifier that will not be reused. If eduPersonPrincipalName is non-reassignable then eduPersonUniqueID can have the same value as eduPersonPrincipalName.
4 norEduPersonNIN and personalIdentityNumber shall only be released when required by entities registered with in SWAMID (registrationAuthority="http://www.swamid.se/"). personalIdentityNumber must only contain Swedish Personal Numbers or Swedish Co-ordination Numbers. norEduPersonNIN can besides Swedish Personal Numbers or Swedish Co-ordination Numbers also contain Interim Personal Numbers from the student documentation system Ladok and the Swedish national study enrolment system.
URI for all entity categories used within SWAMID
| Entity category | Unique identifier |
|---|---|
| GÉANT CoCo | http://www.geant.net/uri/dataprotection-code-of-conduct/v1 |
| REFEDS R&S | http://refeds.org/category/research-and-scholarship |
| SWAMID R&E | http://www.swamid.se/category/research-and-education |
| SWAMID SFS-1993-1153 | http://www.swamid.se/category/sfs-1993-1153 |
| SWAMID EU-Adequate-Protection | http://www.swamid.se/category/eu-adequate-protection |
| SWAMID NREN-Service | http://www.swamid.se/category/nren-service |
| SWAMID HEI-Service | http://www.swamid.se/category/hei-service |
URI for all assurance profiles used within SWAMID
| Entitetskategori | Unik identifierare |
|---|---|
| SWAMID AL1 | http://www.swamid.se/policy/assurance/al1 |
| SWAMID AL2 | http://www.swamid.se/policy/assurance/al2 |
| REFEDS SIRTFI | https://refeds.org/sirtfi |