GFIPM Metadata Assertion

The GFIPM Metadata specification defines common semantics and structure for metadata describing federated users and non-human entities (e.g. hardware and software components) essential to the Global Federated Identity and Privilege Management (GFIPM) concept. This metadata can be used in support of identification authentication privilege management/access control/authorization auditing and personalization for both human users and non-human entities in a federation. The metadata is defined as a layered framework which distinguishes between the GFIPM metadata content itself and the methods for encoding and transporting that metadata in various transport protocols. This IEPD specifies both the "Conceptual Model" layer - the highest most abstract layer of the GFIPM Metadata specification - and a "Federation Profile" which is a subset of the GFIPM Metadata Conceptual Model. The Federation Profile specified by this IEPD is used by the operational GFIPM Pilot Federation.