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Whether you are looking to bring federated services to your user community, or you want to offer services within the federation, these topics introduce you to federated identity management concepts and standards in research and education (R&E) to help you to work better in the R&E community.
Foundational Concepts
Collaboration in the R&E community differs subtly from typical commercial collaborations. Find out how these differences affect services, and why InCommon Federation is important in that collaboration.
- Understanding R&E collaboration and federation
- Most useful when operating an Identity Provider (IdP):
- Most useful when operating a Service Provider (SP):
Integration Topics
Working with User Data
- Supported user attributes in the InCommon Federation
- An Introduction to User Data
- Most useful when operating a Service Provider (SP):
- Choosing the right user identifier
- Handling users from multiple IdPs