Attribute Summary

Supported Attributes

A supported attribute is one that the IdP is able to release; that is, a supported attribute is a technical capability of a given IdP deployment. Whether or not an IdP will release any given attribute is a local policy decision.

IdPs are expected to support the following attributes:

Friendly Name

Formal Names

Datatype

Multi?

eduPersonPrincipalName

SAML1: urn:mace:dir:attribute-def:eduPersonPrincipalName
SAML2: urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.6

String, scoped

No

eduPersonTargetedID

SAML2: urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.10

XML

No

mail

SAML1: urn:mace:dir:attribute-def:mail
SAML2: urn:oid:0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.3

String

Yes

displayName

SAML1: urn:mace:dir:attribute-def:displayName
SAML2: urn:oid:2.16.840.1.113730.3.1.241

String

No

givenName

SAML1: urn:mace:dir:attribute-def:givenName
SAML2: urn:oid:2.5.4.42

String

Yes

sn (surname)

SAML1: urn:mace:dir:attribute-def:sn
SAML2: urn:oid:2.5.4.4

String

Yes

eduPersonScopedAffiliation

SAML1: urn:mace:dir:attribute-def:eduPersonScopedAffiliation
SAML2: urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.9

String, scoped enumerated

Yes

eduPersonEntitlement

SAML1: urn:mace:dir:attribute-def:eduPersonEntitlement
SAML2: urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.7

URI

Yes