This document is an attempt to rewrite the R&S specification for clarity and simplicity without breaking existing R&S deployments.
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and where email address is defined to be the mail attribute.
6. Attribute Request
Service Providers SHOULD request a subset of the R&S attribute bundle that represent only those attributes that the Service Provider requires to operate its service.
7. Attribute Release
An Identity Provider supports the Research & Scholarship (R&S) category if, for some subset of the Identity Provider’s user population, the Identity Provider is willing and able to release the R&S attribute bundle to all conforming R&S Service Providers without administrative involvement, either automatically or subject to user consent.
An Identity Provider MUST release the complete R&S attribute bundle to any conforming R&S Service Provider upon request, without regard for any R&S attributes requested in SP metadata.
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Service Providers SHOULD request a subset of R&S Category Attributes that represent only those attributes that the Service Provider requires to operate its service.
6. Attribute Release
Identity Providers are strongly encouraged to release the following bundle of attributes to R&S category Service Providers:
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