# Lancaster Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 metadata)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/identity-federation/  
**Provider:** Lancaster University — https://apis.io/providers/lancaster/  
**Base URL:** https://idp.lancs.ac.uk  
**Documentation:** https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/iss/

Lancaster Shibboleth Identity Provider (SAML 2.0 metadata) is one of 5 APIs that [Lancaster University](https://apis.io/providers/lancaster/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Identity Federation, SAML, Shibboleth, Single Sign-On, and eduGAIN. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

Lancaster operates its own Shibboleth Identity Provider and self-publishes its SAML 2.0 EntityDescriptor at the canonical /idp/shibboleth location. The entity has been registered with the UK Access Federation since 16 April 2014 and is exported to eduGAIN, so the same signed metadata is retrievable from the federation's MDQ service. Identity federation is institution-operated by definition — no vendor sits between the university and this document. This is the surface class the June 2026 university cohort never catalogued, and for Lancaster it is the second of only two genuinely institution-run machine-readable endpoints.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lancaster/refs/heads/main/openapi/lancaster-identityfederation-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://idp.lancs.ac.uk/idp/shibboleth
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lancaster/refs/heads/main/authentication/lancaster-authentication.yml
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lancaster/refs/heads/main/conformance/lancaster-education-standards-conformance.yml

## Other Lancaster University APIs (4)

- [Lancaster EPrints OAI-PMH 2.0 Interface](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/lancaster-oai2-api/)
- [Lancaster Research Directory (Elsevier Pure) — tenant](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/pure-research-directory/)
- [Lancaster Library Discovery and Services (Ex Libris Alma / Primo VE) — tenant](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/library-discovery/)
- [Lancaster Library Alma Webhook Handler (open source)](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/alma-webhook-handler/)

## Tags

Identity Federation, SAML, Shibboleth, Single Sign-On, eduGAIN

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/lancaster/identity-federation/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/lancaster/.