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- The service enhances the research and scholarship activities of some subset of the InCommon community.
- The service requires a subset of R&S Category Attributes. (See below.)
- The service does not require out-of-band negotiation and/or contracts with IdPs.
- The service conforms to a specific subset of the|\ Recommended Practices published by InCommon.
- The SP is a production SAML deployment.
- The SP supports SAML V2.0 Web Browser SSO.
- The SP refreshes and verifies metadata at least daily.
- The SP's https://www.incommon.org/federation/all-entities.htmlmetadata is published in a human-readable format on the InCommon public web site.
- The SP provides appropriate contacts in metadata.
- The SP provides requested attributes in metadata, chosen from the R&S subset.
- The SP intelligently handles errors involving the release of requested attributes.
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The following documents describe the technical considerations for participation in the R&S Category:
- Federation Metadata
- Service Providers
- There are no technical requirements for SPs, other than those described above in "Requirements for the R&S Category."
- Identity Providers