RFC 8409 · INFORMATIONAL · 2018

The Entity Category Security Assertion Markup Language Attribute Types

Overview

RFC 8409, “The Entity Category Security Assertion Markup Language Attribute Types”, is an Informational document published in August 2018 by I. Young, L. Johansson, S. Cantor. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes two SAML entity attributes: one that can be used to assign category membership semantics to an entity and another for use in claiming interoperation with or support for entities in such categories.

This document is a product of the working group process of the Research and Education FEDerations (REFEDS) group.

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Informational” means

Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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