Welcome to the NIEF Attribute Registry

The NIEF Attribute Registry is a collection of attribute definitions that are intended for use by organizations and communities that wish to implement Federated Identity and Privilege Management technologies within the context of the National Identity Exchange Federation (NIEF). Each attribute definition listed herein has been developed with the intent to enable organizations to exchange attribute data in a manner that permits machine parsability and understandability.

Note that this registry does not store any attribute values, and in particular, it does not store any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) about individuals. It is merely a set of attribute names and definitions (e.g., "Given Name") that can be used to enable the exchange of attribute values (e.g., "Charles") between organizations and their computer systems as appropriate for their business needs.

For more information or to ask questions about this registry, please contact help@gfipm.net. For information about how to submit new attribute definitions to the registry, please see this page.

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Resource Attributes are intended for the assertion of specific facts about data resources by the Service Providers that manage those resources.
- GFIPM Resource Attributes are governed by the Global Federated Identity and Privilege Management (GFIPM) program for the benefit of the U.S. Law enforcement and criminal justice community, and were previously managed via the GFIPM Metadata Specification.
Environment Attributes are intended for the assertion of specific facts about the prevailing environmental conditions at a specific point in time.
- GFIPM Environment Attributes are governed by the Global Federated Identity and Privilege Management (GFIPM) program for the benefit of the U.S. Law enforcement and criminal justice community, and were previously managed via the GFIPM Metadata Specification.
Entity Attributes are intended for the assertion of specific facts about systems and system endpoints by authoritative sources, e.g., Federation Operators, Trust Framework Providers, and Registry Operators.
- NIEF Entity Attributes are governed by the National Identity Exchange Federation (NIEF) for the benefit of NIEF's participants.
- GFIPM Entity Attributes are governed by the Global Federated Identity and Privilege Management (GFIPM) program for the benefit of the U.S. Law enforcement and criminal justice community, and were previously managed via the GFIPM Metadata Specification.
- Trustmark Entity Attributes are motivated by requirements of the trustmark framework.
Action Attributes are intended for the assertion of specific facts about the actions that a user may perform while interacting with a computer system.
- NIEF Action Attributes are governed by the National Identity Exchange Federation (NIEF) for the benefit of NIEF's participants.
- GFIPM Action Attributes are governed by the Global Federated Identity and Privilege Management (GFIPM) program for the benefit of the U.S. Law enforcement and criminal justice community, and were previously managed via the GFIPM Metadata Specification.
User Attributes are intended for the assertion of specific facts about users by authoritative sources, e.g., Identity Providers and Attribute Providers.
- NIEF FEMA User Attributes are motivated by requirements pertinent to the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA), but governed by the National Identity Exchange Federation (NIEF) for the benefit of NIEF's participants.
- NIEF User Attributes are governed by the National Identity Exchange Federation (NIEF) for the benefit of NIEF's participants.
- GFIPM User Attributes are governed by the Global Federated Identity and Privilege Management (GFIPM) program for the benefit of the U.S. Law enforcement and criminal justice community, and were previously managed via the GFIPM Metadata Specification.
- NIEF Health User Attributes are motivated by NIEF's work with the health community.
- ASSURE User Attributes are required by the Alabama Secure Sharing Utility for Recidivism Elimination (ASSURE) system..

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