NameID Format

[Cantor, Scott]

On 10/1/15, 1:06 PM, "users on behalf of Michael Dahlberg" <users-bounces at shibboleth.net on behalf of olgamirth at gmail.com> wrote:

>However, I thought PrincipalName was an attribute definition not a plugin.  Am I incorrect?

I don't understand the question, it's an attribute definition plugin. It's function is to produce an attribute from the username. That's not what you're trying to do, so it's not appropriate.

>Also, I found this page which talks about MetadatProviders and their xsi:types but doesn't describe Simple or PrincipalName.  

Because those aren't types of metadata providers.

>Do you know any other parts that describe the "xsi:type" definition

xsi:type is how XML schemas impose content restrictions on a generic element (MetadataProvider, AttributeDefinition, DataConnector, etc.) The type vocabulary depends on the type of plugin involved.

Attribute definitions were covered (to whatever extent they were in the old docs) in a list of links in https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/SHIB2/IdPAddAttribute

The xsi:type to use for each plugn type is behind the relevant links.

>It looked strange to me as well, but I thought that was because of my lack of experience.  That entityID does work though.

Correct entityIDs are absolute URIs. In software they're mostly just strings.

-- Scott