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REFEDS Entity Category: Research and Scholarship V.

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published 18th May 2014.

to be publish xxxxx. 

Overview

Research and Education Federations are invited to use the REFEDS Research and Scholarship Entity Category with their members to support the release of attributes to Service Providers meeting the requirements described below. An implementation guide for federations will be made available shortly.

The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119]. This definition is written in compliance with the Entity Category SAML Entity Metadata Attribute Types specification [EntityCatTypes].

1. Definition

Candidates for the Research and Scholarship (R&S) Category are Service Providers that support are operated for the purpose of supporting research and scholarship interaction, collaboration or management as an essential component, at least in part.

Example Service Providers may include (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.

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The following URI is used as the attribute value for the Entity Category and Entity Category Support attribute: http://refeds.org/category/research-and-scholarship.

3. Semantics

By asserting a Service Provider to be a member of an Entity Category, a registrar claims that:

  • 3.1 The Service Provider has applied for membership in the Category and complies with the R&S registration criteria.
  • 3.2 The Service Provider will not use attributes released for purposes that fall outside of the R&S definition.3.3 The Service Provider's application for R&S has been reviewed and approved by the registrar.

By asserting the Entity Category Attribute, a Service Provider claims that it will not use attributes for purposes that fall outside of the service definition.

By asserting the Entity Category Support Attribute, an Identity Provider claims that it supports the release of attributes to R&S Service Providers as outlined in the "Attribute Release" section below.

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<EntityDescriptor xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"
entityID="https://service.example.com/sp">
<Extensions xmlns:mdattr="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:metadata:attribute">
<mdattr:EntityAttributes xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion">
<saml:Attribute
Name="http://macedir.org/entity-category"
NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri">
<saml:AttributeValue>http://refeds.org/category/research-and-scholarship<scholarship </saml:AttributeValue>
</saml:Attribute>
</mdattr:EntityAttributes>
</Extensions>
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</EntityDescriptor>

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<EntityDescriptor xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:metadata"
entityID="https://service.example.com/idp">
<Extensions xmlns:mdattr="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:metadata:attribute">
<mdattr:EntityAttributes xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion">
<saml:Attribute
Name="http://macedir.org/entity-category-support"
NameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri">
<saml:AttributeValue>http://refeds.org/category/research-and-scholarship</saml:AttributeValue> </saml:Attribute>
</mdattr:EntityAttributes>
</Extensions>
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</EntityDescriptor>

References

[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.