Consultation: SAML2 and OIDC Mappings

Background

The goal of the White Paper for implementation of mappings between SAML 2.0 and OpenID Connect in Research and Education is to provide a well understood and consistent profile for implementing mappings between the SAML 2.0 and OpenID Connect (OIDC) protocols, in the context of use cases in Research and Education.

It describes how to map identifiers and commonly used attributes into scopes and claims for use with the OIDC protocol, and vice versa.

The document contains three main sections:

• A discussion on how to map between identifiers used in SAML and OIDC;

• A recommendation for a basic attribute and claims mapping profile, which should be useable with unmodified OIDC clients which implement the standard claims of the OIDC core standard; and,

• A recommendation for an advanced mapping profile, which will leverage the full set of attributes made available by the eduPerson- and SCHAC schema but requires handling additional, (currently) non-standard claims and scopes.

The White Paper has been prepared by the REFEDS OIDCre Working Group and is now being made available for public consultation according to the REFEDS Participants Agreement.

Overview

The consultation will open on 15th October 2018 and close at 17:00 CET on 26th November 2018. 

Participants are invited to:

• Review and comment on the proposed White Paper for implementation of mappings between SAML 2.0 and OpenID Connect in Research and Education.

Following the consultation all comments will be taken back to the REFEDS OIDC(re) working group for review and if appropriate the White Paper will then be forwarded to the REFEDS Steering Committee for sign-off and publication on the REFEDS website as per the REFEDS participants agreement. 

Change Log

Change Log for the SAML2 and OIDC Mappings.