Entity Id

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Full Formal Attribute Name

gfipm:2.0:entity:EntityId

Abbreviated Formal Attribute Name

EntityId

Definition

The unique identifier by which the entity is denoted, comprising a federation part, a technical role identifier (e.g. "IDP", "SP", "TIB", etc.), and a 3rd-level identifier denoting the unique ID of the entity within the scope of the other identifiers. All parts of the identifier are required, and they are delimited by colons. The general format of an entity ID is: "{Federation}:{Technical Role}:{Unique Entity ID}". {Federation} and {Unique Entity ID} must contain only alphanumeric characters and dashes. Federation identifiers are managed via the GFIPM Federation Name Registry. Information about this registry is available at the following URL.

http://gfipm.net/fed-registry.html

Data Type

Text

Version Number

2.0

Usage Information

Note that the "Technical Role" portion of this attribute MUST be equal to the value of the entity's "Technical Role" attribute. Also note that for an entity that is an identity provider (IDP), the value of its entity ID MUST be equal to the value of the "Identity Provider Id" attribute that it asserts for its users.

Example Content

"NIEF:IDP:JNET",
"CONNECT:SP:ABC",
"DOJTB:WSP:123",
"NIEF:TIB:CJIS-Portal"

NIEM Xpath

N/A

NIEM Definition

N/A

Source

SAML 2.0 Metadata

Misc. Notes

Will eventually be deprecated and superseded by https://nief.org/attribute-registry/attributes/entity/nief/EntityId/1.0/

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