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titleExample of a Simple String-valued Attribute
<Attribute name="https://example.org/myAttributes/FavoriteFruit" id="favFruit"/>

If the IdP uses an AttributeNamespace other than urn:mace:shibboleth:1.0:attributeNamespace:uri (SAML 1.x), or a NameFormat other than urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:uri or urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:unspecified  (SAML 2.0) then you must also include a nameFormat attribute with the corresponding value.

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titleExample of a Simple String-valued Attribute with nameFormat
<Attribute name="https://example.org/myAttributes/FavoriteFruit" id="favFruit" nameFormat="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:attrname-format:basic"/>

Custom Decoders

For most attributes, a simple rule as above is sufficient, but if the attribute's values are more than simple strings, a custom <AttributeDecoder> needs to be supplied inside the <Attribute> element.

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