Technical Role
Full Formal Attribute Name
gfipm:2.0:entity:TechnicalRole
Abbreviated Formal Attribute Name
TechnicalRole
Definition
The technical role played by an entity within a federation. Technical roles include identity provider ("IDP"), SAML service provider ("SP"), web service consumer ("WSC"), web service provider ("WSP"), authorization service ("AS"), assertion delegate service ("ADS"), trusted identity broker ("TIB"), and certificate authority ("CA").
Data Type
Metadata Version
2.0
Usage Information
Note that certificate authority ("CA") is included in the code set for the sake of completeness, as it is one of the GFIPM technical roles defined in the GFIPM Terminology Matrix; however, a typical GFIPM entity will not have any reason to assert "CA" as its technical role.
Example Content
"IDP", "SP", "WSC", "WSP", "AS", "ADS", "TIB"
NIEM Xpath
N/A
NIEM Definition
N/A
Source
GFIPM Delivery Team
Misc. Notes
This attribute is new as of version 2.0.