Glossary

Glossary

Glossary and Terminology

attribute

A piece of information provided by Shibboleth to an Application about a User for the Application to use. Examples include: A List of Classes; A Globally Unique Identifier; Preferred Name; Favorite Ice Cream.

attribute authority

A data source that contains the values of Attributes provided by Shibboleth. There should be only one source for a specific attribute. Different attributes may come from different authorities.

binding

some definition