A University Shibboleth Glossary: Difference between revisions
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<td>Attribute</td> | <td>Attribute</td> | ||
<td>Attribute</td> | <td>Attribute, or Information when used collectively</td> | ||
<td></td> | <td>Items of information about people made available by the '''Raven-Shibboleth service''' to a '''web site'''</td> | ||
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<td>eduPersonEntitlement,<br />ePE</td> | <td>eduPersonEntitlement,<br />ePE</td> | ||
<td>Entitlement</td> | <td>Entitlement</td> | ||
<td>An '''attribute''' carrying an arbitrary entitlement, typically specified by a resource, asserted on the user's behalf by '''the Raven-Shibboleth service''' | <td>An '''attribute''' carrying an arbitrary entitlement, typically specified by a resource, asserted on the user's behalf by '''the Raven-Shibboleth service''', or the value of such an '''attribute'''.</td> | ||
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<td>eduPersonPrincipalName,<br />ePPN</td> | <td>eduPersonPrincipalName,<br />ePPN</td> | ||
<td> | <td>eduPerson Principal Name</td> | ||
<td>An '''attribute''' containing a persistent, unique user identifier which for a given user is the same for any '''resource''' to which it is released | <td>An '''attribute''' containing a persistent, unique user identifier which for a given user is the same for any '''resource''' to which it is released, or the value of such an '''attribute'''. Has the form ''crsid''@cam.ac.uk. We retain the 'eduPerson' part since the term eduPersonPrincipalName is likely to be used by external services.</td> | ||
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<td>eduPersonScopedAffiliation,<br/>ePSA</td> | <td>eduPersonScopedAffiliation,<br/>ePSA</td> | ||
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<td>An '''attribute''' carrying one of a number of standard values reflecting a person's association with the University. Currently only carries the value ''member'' which is assigned to anyone in lookup. May eventually also carry ''staff'' and/or ''student'' as | <td>An '''attribute''' carrying one of a number of standard values reflecting a person's association with the University. Currently only carries the value ''member'' which is assigned to anyone in lookup. May eventually also carry ''staff'' and/or ''student'' as appropriate, or the value of such an '''attribute'''.</td> | ||
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<td>eduPersonTargetedID,<br />ePTID</td> | <td>eduPersonTargetedID,<br />ePTID</td> | ||
<td>Anonymous identifier</td> | <td>Anonymous identifier</td> | ||
<td>An '''attribute''' carrying a user identifier allocated at random and different for each combination of user and '''resource''' | <td>An '''attribute''' carrying a user identifier allocated at random and different for each combination of user and '''resource''', or the value of such an '''attribute'''.</td> | ||
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<td>Service Provider,<br />SP</td> | <td>Service Provider,<br />SP</td> | ||
<td> | <td>Web site</td> | ||
<td>A web-based resource (web site, e-journal, | <td>A web-based resource (web site, e-journal, database, etc.) accessed via '''the Raven-Shibboleth service'''.</td> | ||
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<td>Shibboleth,<br />Shibboleth IdP</td> | <td>Shibboleth,<br />Shibboleth IdP,<br />IdP</td> | ||
<td>The Raven-Shibboleth service</th> | <td>The Raven-Shibboleth service</th> | ||
<td>As in "you need to authenticate using the Raven-Shibboleth service", used where it is necessary to distinguish this from the Raven-Webauth service.</td> | <td>As in "you need to authenticate using the Raven-Shibboleth service", used where it is necessary to distinguish this from the Raven-Webauth service.</td> | ||
Revision as of 10:17, 1 August 2007
This was a working document belonging to the Computing Service's Shibboleth Development Project. This project is complete (Raven now supports Shibboleth) and this document only remains for historical and reference purposes. Be aware that it is not being maintained and may be misleading if read out of context.
This is an attempt to map terms commonly used in the wider Shibboleth community onto words or phrases for use within the University of Cambridge, notably in the Raven/Shibboleth service itself and in its documentation.
| Shibboleth term | Local term | Description, notes |
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| Attribute | Attribute, or Information when used collectively | Items of information about people made available by the Raven-Shibboleth service to a web site |
| eduPersonEntitlement, ePE |
Entitlement | An attribute carrying an arbitrary entitlement, typically specified by a resource, asserted on the user's behalf by the Raven-Shibboleth service, or the value of such an attribute. |
| eduPersonPrincipalName, ePPN |
eduPerson Principal Name | An attribute containing a persistent, unique user identifier which for a given user is the same for any resource to which it is released, or the value of such an attribute. Has the form crsid@cam.ac.uk. We retain the 'eduPerson' part since the term eduPersonPrincipalName is likely to be used by external services. |
| eduPersonScopedAffiliation, ePSA |
Status | An attribute carrying one of a number of standard values reflecting a person's association with the University. Currently only carries the value member which is assigned to anyone in lookup. May eventually also carry staff and/or student as appropriate, or the value of such an attribute. |
| eduPersonTargetedID, ePTID |
Anonymous identifier | An attribute carrying a user identifier allocated at random and different for each combination of user and resource, or the value of such an attribute. |
| Service Provider, SP |
Web site | A web-based resource (web site, e-journal, database, etc.) accessed via the Raven-Shibboleth service. |
| Shibboleth, Shibboleth IdP, IdP |
The Raven-Shibboleth service | As in "you need to authenticate using the Raven-Shibboleth service", used where it is necessary to distinguish this from the Raven-Webauth service. |
