Metadata Administration

This page is for metadata site administrators responsible for creating and maintaining SAML metadata on behalf of their organization. For a high-level overview of InCommon Federation metadata, please visit our web site.

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A web interface is used to administer InCommon metadata. The interface supports both IdP and SP metadata. The elements of each are listed referenced in the following sections.

A For convenience, a sample interface for new IdPs is attached to this wiki page for convenience. Likewise a sample interface for new SPs is providedattached. To actually create metadata for a new IdP or SP, or to edit the metadata for an existing IdP or SP, login to the web interface with the credentials that were issued to you when your organization joined InCommon.

IdP Metadata Elements

The following elements are called out in IdP metadata.

• Entity ID
• Scope
• X.509 Certificates
  • Key Usage
  • Certificate Migration
• User Interface Elements
  • UI Elements in IdP Metadata
• Protocol Endpoints
  • Endpoints in IdP Metadata
• Contacts

SP Metadata Elements

The following elements are called out in SP metadata.

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