Attribute Bundles
The list below contains the full set of all attribute bundles that currently appear within the NIEF Attribute Registry. An attribute bundle defines a specific set of attributes from the registry. Each attribute bundle below represents a collection of attributes that has significance to a particular organization or community for its business purposes or mission.
| Name | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Assurance-Level-Attributes | Updated Assurance Level Attributes for NIEF based on NIST 800-63-3. https://pages.nist.gov/800-63-3/ | Active / In Use |
| EPIC-Partner-Attributes | El Paso Intelligence Center's required attributes for determining if a user has sufficient need to access EPIC's portal. | Proposed |
| FEMA-ICS | FEMA National Incident Management System Roles. | Proposed |
| GFIPM | All attributes as originally defined by Global Federated Identity and Privilege Management (GFIPM) Metadata. | Active / In Use |
| NIEF-ASSURE | These attributes are being used by the ASSURE portal. | Active / In Use |
| NIEF-Entity-Attributes | These attributes are used by the NIEF Trust Fabric Registry and are asserted about organizations and system entities published within the registry. | Active / In Use |
| NIEF-Highly-Recommended | This is the latest NIEF-Highly-Recommended attribute bundle as of September 27, 2021. Support for the following user attributes is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, as they are required for access by at least two NIEF resources. Every NIEF IDPO SHOULD be able to assert them on behalf of its users. | Active / In Use |
| NIEF-Location-Attributes | NIEF proposed replacement attributes for GFIPM attributes that used code sets based on standards retracted by NIST. | Active / In Use |
| NIEF-Mandatory | This is the latest NIEF-Mandatory bundle as of September 27, 2021. Support for the following user attributes is MANDATORY. Every NIEF IDPO MUST be able to assert them on behalf of its users. Note that two attributes in this bundle — GFIPM Identity Provider Id and GFIPM Federation Id — will be deprecated by NIEF in the near future in favor of NIEF Identity Provider Id and NIEF Unique Subject Id, respectively. For now, IDPOs are required to support both set of attributes. | Active / In Use |
| NIEF-Recommended | This is the latest NIEF-Recommended attribute bundle as of September 27, 2021. Support for the following user attributes is RECOMMENDED, as they are required for access by at least one NIEF resource. Every NIEF IDPO is encouraged to be able to assert them on behalf of users. | Active / In Use |