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This definition is written in compliance with the Entity Category SAML Entity Metadata Attribute Types specification [EntityCatTypes]; this specification may be extended to reference other protocol-specific formulations as circumstances warrant. An FAQ for the Entity Category has been made available to help deployments [R&SFAQ]. This specification may be extended to reference other protocol-specific formulations as circumstances warrant.
1. Definition
Candidates for the Research and Scholarship (R&S) Category are Service Providers that are operated for the purpose of supporting research and scholarship interaction, collaboration or management, at least in part.
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