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h2. Essential Attribute Bundle

{div:style=float:right;margin-left:1em;margin-bottom:1ex}{noteinfo}Configure your IdP to [release the essential attribute bundle|Essential Attribute Bundle Config] now!{noteinfo}{div}

IdPs are encouraged to release the _essential attribute bundle_ to the broadest class of SPs possible (subject to policy):

* _Identifier_
** {{eduPersonPrincipalName}}
* _Mail attribute_
** {{mail}}
* _Person name attributes_
** {{displayName}}
** {{givenName}}
** {{sn}} (surname)

{note:title=An Important Consequence of Releasing the Essential Attribute Bundle}
If your deployment of {{eduPersonPrincipalName}} is non-reassigned, and your IdP releases the essential attribute bundle to all SPs, then your IdP supports the [Research & Scholarship Category|Research and Scholarship Category] as a side effect, without further configuration.
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It is straightforward to configure a Shibboleth IdP to [release the essential attribute bundle|Essential Attribute Bundle Config] to *any SP*.