REFEDS Entity Category: Research and Scholarship V1.2
published 18th May 28 November 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.
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].
An FAQ for the Entity Category has been made available to help deployments [R&SFAQ].
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.
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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- 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's application for R&S has been reviewed and approved by the registrar.
By using the Entity Category Attribute, a Service Provider claims that it will not use attributes for purposes that fall outside of the service definition.
By using 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/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
[EntityCatTypes] Young, I, Johansson, L, and Cantor, S Ed., "The Entity Category SAML Attribute Types", July 2014.
[R&SFAQ] Harris, N., "Research and Scholarship FAQ", November 2014.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.