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More Information on the recommended attributes in the eduGAIN Attribute Profile specification. (not found)


A service using Shibboleth could use the above attributes by adding the following XML snippet to the attribute-map.xml file where all attributes are defined that the Service Provider can process:

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Most services won't require all those attributes listed above but only a subset of them. They will receive at maximum those attributes that they request. For services it is recommended to request only those attributes that are required for the service to operate. It is also recommended that all eduGAIN services support the GÉANT Data Protection Code of Conduct, a declaration stating that the operator of a service commits to the listed data protection principles. More Information in the GÉANT Data Protection Code of Conduct or on the Code of Conduct Cookbook page (Coco home page, update link).

What attributes are effectively available for eduGAIN users?

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To make a Shibboleth SP 2.5 (or newer) expose attributes read from metadata, please consult the Shibboleth Wiki on the Attribute Extractor features. To make the attributes available to a web application like in the above screenshot, the shibboleth2.xml file would have to include the following metadata extractor

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