PersonImmutableID configuration

[Cantor, Scott]

On 10/8/20, 4:33 PM, "users on behalf of Steve Herrera via users" <users-bounces at shibboleth.net on behalf of users at shibboleth.net> wrote:

>    What does the (name="PersonImmutableID") do in this instance? Is that used internally like the ID field or is it external
> and translates my ID of employeeNumber to PersonImmutableID for the SP?  

AttributeEncoders are the old way of translating local data to SAML representations.

>    Getting the metadata from them was like pulling teeth. They kept telling me that is not their standard setup method. 
> I think I read I could have created the metadata to be used with them, but I'm not sure how to go about that.

You start with [1] and then you basically read the standard once the basics are understood.

-- Scott

[1] https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/CONCEPT/Metadata