Technical Documentation for InCommon Participants

Welcome. Here you will find technical information and other resources to help you deploy, maintain, and enhance your participation in the InCommon Federation:. For more information about InCommon, including current initiatives and recent announcements, please see the InCommon Federation home page.

• How To...
  • How to Get Started in the InCommon Federation
  • How to Apply for the Research and Scholarship (R&S) Entity Category
• Entity Categories to indicate certifications and other properties of IdPs and SPs that are registered within the federation
• The Federation Manager, used to manage the information you provide to the federation about your IdPs and SPs
• Federation Services, both those used internally and those available for your use
  
  • Metadata Services
  • Discovery Service
  • Error Handling Service
  • Gateway Services
  • Authn and Authz Services
• Federation Technical Guide to help you prepare your IdPs and SPs for use within the federation
• Metadata Administration for Site Administrators
• Recommended Practices
• Resources for Service Providers
• SAML, the Security Assertion Markup Language used within InCommon
• Incident Handling, information about InCommon’s Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), including how to interact with it when necessary. Also includes reports about operational incidents that are not security-related.

For more information, including current initiatives and recent announcements, please see InCommon Federation.