For a suggestion on how to consume and process this information in an Identity Provider look at the page Example of a standard attribute filter for Shibboleth IdP.

REFEDS Research and Scholarship

R&S is used in the eduGAIN interfederation to make services available to users of the higher education institution around the world. The R&S makes it possible to automatically release mostly harmless attributes to Service Providers within the higher educational sector. The expected IdP behaviour is to release the Service Provider set of R&S Category Attributes (eptid, eppn, email, displayName, surname, given name and scoped affiliation). The requested subset of attributes for a specific service is defined in metadata. There is furthermore an identity provider entity support category that should be registered for all IdP that supports the R&S Category that can be used for filter purpose in a discovery service.

Example of services that uses the entity category includes (but are not limited to) collaborative tools and services such as wikis, blogs, project and grant management tools that require some personal information about users to work effectively.  This Entity Category should not be used for access to licensed content such as e-journals.

Expected attribute release from an Identity Provider

Process for applying for tagging a service with entity category REFEDS Research and Scholarship

For a service to be tagged with R&S it must contact the federation that it has registered with. If the service is registered within the SWAMID federation the service operator sends an e-mail to operations@swamid.se with a formal request.

The request must contain the following information:

• Purpose and scope of the service.
• A display name for the Service in Swedish and English to show the users in Identity Providers and Discovery Services.
• One URL to a webpage that describes the service in English and another one is Swedish is also recommended.
• Documentation which proves that the service has fulfilled all the requirements for R&S.

Upon receiving a request SWAMID operations will respond within two weeks.

GÉANT Dataprotection Code of Conduct

CoCo is used in the eduGAIN interfederation to make services available to users of European higher education institutions. The CoCo makes it possible to automatically release mostly harmless attributes to Service Providers which fulfill the EU Data Protection Directive. The expected IdP behaviour is to release the Service Provider required subset of the attributes eptid, eppn, mail, displayName, scoped affiliation and schacHomeOrganization. The required subset of attributes for a specific service is defined in the mandatory Service Provider Privacy Policy. There is furthermore an identity provider entity support category that should be registered for all IdP that supports the R&S Category that can be used for filter purpose in a discovery service.

Expected minimal attribute availability for release (only if required)

Process for applying for tagging a service with entity category GÉANT Dataprotection Code of Conduct

For a service to be tagged with CoCo it must contact the federation that it has registered with. If the service is registered within the SWAMID federation the service operator sends an e-mail to operations@swamid.se with a formal request.

The request must contain the following information:

• Purpose and scope of the service.
• A list off the required subset from CoCo Category Attributes
• Documentation which proves that the service has fulfilled all the requirements for CoCo.

Upon receiving a request SWAMID operations will respond within two weeks.

Release without any recognized Entity Categories

Most Identity Providers within SWAMID sends no attributes when a service is not marked any entity category.

SWAMID deprecated entity categories

SWAMID Service Provider Attribute Release Entity Categories (deprecated 2020-05-01)

These categories define the release of mostly harmless personal attributes to a Service Provider (SP) from a Identity Provider (IdP). It is used together with SWAMID Data Protection Entity Categories below.

SWAMID Research & Education (deprecated 2020-05-01)

For instance, a service that provides tools for both multi-institutional research collaboration and instruction is eligible as a candidate for this category. This category is very similar to InCommons Research & Scolarship Category. The expected IdP behaviour is to release name, eppn, eptid, mail and eduPersonScopedAffiliation only if the services is also in at least one of the safe data processing categories. It is also recommended that static organisational information is released. If the Identity Provider home organisation has fulfilled the requirements for SWAMID Assurance Profiles eduPersonAssurance should also be released.

Expected attribute release when paired with a SWAMID Data Protection Entity Category

Process for applying for tagging a service with entity category Research & Education

The service operator sends an e-mail to operations@swamid.se with a formal request.

The request must contain the following information:

• Purpose and scope of the service.
• Valid SWAMID Data Protection Entity Category, i.e. what type of organisation is legally responsible for the Service. The options are defined below (HEI Service, NREN Service or EU Adequate Protection).

Upon receiving a request SWAMID operations will respond within two weeks.

SWAMID SFS 1993:1153 (deprecated 2020-05-01)

The entity category is intended for common government operated student admissions and achieved learning administration services such as NyA and LADOK as well as services for student account enrollment, course registration and learning progression processes at universities and university colleges.

Inclusion in this category is strictly reserved for services that fulfill SFS 1993:1153 which implies that the application may make use of norEduPersonNIN, i.e. the Swedish Personal identity number, the Swedish Co-ordination number or the Higher education personal interim identity number. The expected IdP behavior is to release norEduPersonNIN. If the Identity Provider home organisation has fulfilled the requirements for SWAMID Assurance Profiles eduPersonAssurance should also be released.

Examples of services that are viable for this entity category is a course registration self service and a student account creation service, a learning progression registration service and an internship administration self service.

Expected attribute release

Process for applying for tagging a service with entity category SFS 1993:1153

The service operator sends an e-mail to operations@swamid.se with a formal request.

The request must contain the following information:

• Purpose and scope of the service.
• Full description of why norEduPersonNIN is needed in the service.

Upon receiving a request SWAMID operations will evaluate against the Swedish legislation SFS 1993:1153 (2 kap. 6 § and 4 kap. 4 §). SWAMID operations will normally respond within two weeks. If the evaluation is positive SWAMID operations will add the requested entity category to the service metadata.

SWAMID Data Protection Entity Categories (deprecated 2020-05-01)

These categories indicate category classifaction of Identity Providers (IdP) that can release mostly harmless personal attributes to a Service Provider (SP) in conjunction with the Swedish Personal Data Act (PUL). It is used together with the Research & Education Entity Category above.

SWAMID HEI Service (deprecated 2020-05-01)

This category is only relevant for attribute release from SWAMID registered IdPs to services at Swedish universities, Swedish university colleges and the Swedish Council for Higher Education.

SWAMID NREN Service (deprecated 2020-05-01)

This category is only relevant for attribute release from SWAMID registered IdPs to SUNET services.

SWAMID EU Adequate Protection (deprecated 2020-05-01)