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An IdP that releases attributes to all R&S SPs will be among the first group of InCommon IdPs whose metadata is exported to eduGAIN.

Configuring Your IdP

Use of the Legacy R&S Tag

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Thus all R&S IdPs should be reconfigured to not rely on the legacy incommon.org R&S tag. Although we have no immediate plans to remove that tag from SP metadata, we reserve the right to do so in the future. We will of course let you know in advance if and when this happens but in the meantime we ask that you remove the legacy incommon.org R&S tag from your IdP configuration. Doing so now prevents you from having to do so later on.

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Configuring an IdP to Release Attributes Globally

This section is for existing R&S IdPs that want to to support global Research & Scholarship by  by releasing attributes to to all R R&S SPs, including R&S SPs in other federations.

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titleRelease the Essential Attribute Bundle to ALL SPs
If your IdP releases the Essential Attribute Bundle to all SPs (not just R&S SPs), and your deployment of eduPersonPrincipalName is non-reassigned, no further configuration is required.

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Note that the above configurations recognize the refeds.org R&S entity attribute value. For more detailed information about configuring an IdP for R&S, consult the R&S Attribute Bundle Config topic.

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Configuring an IdP to Release Attributes Locally

This section is for existing R&S IdPs that want to continue to release attributes to R&S SPs registered by InCommon.

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Tip
titleRelease the Essential Attribute Bundle to all SPs registered by InCommon
If your IdP releases the Essential Attribute Bundle to all SPs registered by InCommon (not just R&S SPs registered by InCommon), and your deployment of eduPersonPrincipalName is non-reassigned, no further configuration is required.

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