Nanjing University

Nanjing University CARSI / eduGAIN Federation Registration

NJU's entry in CARSI (CERNET Authentication and Resource Sharing Infrastructure), China's national research and education identity federation, republished into eduGAIN. Entity id 671521, entityID https://idp.nju.edu.cn/idp/shibboleth, display names "Nanjing University" and "南京大学(Nanjing University)", scope nju.edu.cn, roles IDPSSODescriptor and AttributeAuthorityDescriptor, first seen 2020-02-18. No REFEDS entity categories, Sirtfi or Code of Conduct assertions are declared on the entry.

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https://technical.edugain.org/api.php?action=list_entities&fed_id=CARSI&format=json

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API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: nanjing:carsi-edugain
name: Nanjing University CARSI / eduGAIN Federation Registration
description: NJU's entry in CARSI (CERNET Authentication and Resource Sharing Infrastructure), China's
  national research and education identity federation, republished into eduGAIN. Entity id 671521, entityID
  https://idp.nju.edu.cn/idp/shibboleth, display names "Nanjing University" and "南京大学(Nanjing University)",
  scope nju.edu.cn, roles IDPSSODescriptor and AttributeAuthorityDescriptor, first seen 2020-02-18. No
  REFEDS entity categories, Sirtfi or Code of Conduct assertions are declared on the entry.
humanURL: https://www.carsi.edu.cn/
baseURL: https://technical.edugain.org/api.php
x-operator: federation
x-operator-evidence: 'A federation is shared by definition and the IdP behind the entry is the institution''s,
  so this is recorded as NJU''s relationship rather than filtered out as a shared host. Probed 2026-09-01:
  the eduGAIN technical database returned 725 CARSI entities (200, application/json) and exactly one scoped
  to nju.edu.cn — this one.'
tags:
- Identity Federation
- eduGAIN
- CARSI
- SAML
properties:
- type: APIReference
  url: https://technical.edugain.org/api.php
- type: Registration
  url: https://technical.edugain.org/api.php?action=list_entities&fed_id=CARSI&format=json