NameID question

[Cantor, Scott]

> My protected resource does not use this - It just consumes the attributes
> passed in the headers, of which nameID is not an element that is passed.  I
> am assuming it has no impact but just wanted to make sure.

The NameID is an SP attribute if you map its particular Format into one, or not, if you don't. If you're not mapping the format to extract it into an attribute, then you're not using it.

There is no visible distinction afterward between something that was a NameID and something that was an attribute, by design.

-- Scott