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yup. EACH Fed would need to mandate ITS attributes, which would help the local IdP make the local, contextualised mapping of what the Fed/particular SP wants against what users at IdP-land normally speak about, with all  of the padding to protect them from too much detail when they don't want it.


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On 14 Jun 2007, at 11:04, Richard Dunning wrote:

Is this not a case for the Federation mandating attributes? 


There is a potential here for IdPs having to set up bilateral agreements

with all SPs they wish to connect to...