In this document the InCommon Federation presents recommendations for federation participants regarding many aspects of federation practice. Sites following these practices will find benefits not only to their own use of the federation but will enable other participants to more easily and completely take advantage of federated services.
The InCommon Federation supports a wide range of participant organizations, applications, and services. Not all of the recommended practices will apply to all sites, and in some cases there may be legitimate reasons for different approaches.
InCommon expects this set of recommendations will evolve as new capabilities are added to federation infrastructure, and as participants gain more experience with what practices work best.
eduPersonScopedAffiliation, eduPersonEntitlement, and eduPersonTargetedID be released across the board, to all SPs. The five (5) remaining attributes listed on the InCommon Federation Attribute Summary page SHOULD be released to all SPs provided user consent is obtained. In both cases, we're referring to all SPs in the InCommon Federation.