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Comment: These can be generated now

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This isn't used all that often for Shibboleth SPs, which tend to be more attribute-centric in the use of SAML, but the Shibboleth IdP software can utilize this information in its format selection process.

It cannot be generated for you by the SP's metadata generator. It would need to be manually added, or if you want it included in the generated metadata, a "template" metadata file containing the information has to be supplied to the generator with the template property.


Assertion Consumer Services

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Each "service" is expressed using an <md:AttributeConsumingService> element that contains descriptive elements and a list of <md:RequestedAttribute> elements (based on type saml:AttributeType) that identify required or optional attributes and/or values.

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Examples

These examples are written to reflect the typical default configuration of a Shibboleth SP, but obviously specifics may vary. Note that it's very important that what you support match what you advertise. For example, if you have not properly integrated single logout into your application and user interface, then don't claim to support it.

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