# Ghent University SAML 2.0 Identity Provider

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/ghent/saml-idp/  
**Provider:** Ghent University — https://apis.io/providers/ghent/  
**Base URL:** https://identity.ugent.be/simplesaml/saml2/idp/metadata.php  
**Documentation:** https://federation.belnet.be/

Ghent University SAML 2.0 Identity Provider is one of 12 APIs that [Ghent University](https://apis.io/providers/ghent/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Identity Federation, SAML, Shibboleth, Single Sign On, and Belnet. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Ghent University's own SAML 2.0 identity provider, operated by the university's ICT directorate. The signed metadata document is publicly readable and carries entityID https://identity.ugent.be/simplesaml/saml2/idp/metadata.php on a certificate issued to O=Universiteit Gent, OU=Directie ICT, CN=identity.ugent.be, with the Shibboleth metadata extension namespace declared. Ghent is a member of the Belnet R&E Federation, the Belgian national identity federation, where eight ugent.be entities appear - this IdP plus seven service providers including apivsc.ugent.be (Flemish Supercomputer Centre), sso.irc.ugent.be, naos.ugent.be and login.psb.ugent.be. A federation is shared by definition; the IdP behind it is the institution's.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **IdentityFederation** — https://identity.ugent.be/simplesaml/saml2/idp/metadata.php
- **Documentation** — https://federation.belnet.be/
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ghent/refs/heads/main/conformance/ghent-education-standards-conformance.yml
- **Examples** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/ghent/refs/heads/main/examples/ghent-saml-idp-metadata.xml

## Other Ghent University APIs (11)

- [Ghent University Academic Bibliography API](https://apis.io/apis/ghent/biblio/)
- [Ghent University Academic Bibliography OAI-PMH](https://apis.io/apis/ghent/biblio-oai/)
- [Ghent University Academic Bibliography SRU](https://apis.io/apis/ghent/biblio-sru/)
- [Hydra Resto API](https://apis.io/apis/ghent/hydra-resto/)
- [Ghent University Library People Service](https://apis.io/apis/ghent/people-service/)
- [Ghent University Library Projects Service](https://apis.io/apis/ghent/projects-service/)
- [Ghent University Library OAI Service](https://apis.io/apis/ghent/oai-service/)
- [Ghent University Library catalogue (Ex Libris Alma/Primo VE tenancy)](https://apis.io/apis/ghent/library-catalog/)
- [Dodona](https://apis.io/apis/ghent/dodona/)
- [Crossref membership](https://apis.io/apis/ghent/crossref/)
- [ROR registration](https://apis.io/apis/ghent/ror/)

## Tags

Identity Federation, SAML, Shibboleth, Single Sign On, Belnet

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