# University of Chicago Shibboleth Identity Provider — InCommon SAML Metadata

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/shibboleth-idp-metadata/  
**Provider:** University of Chicago — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-chicago/  
**Base URL:** https://shibboleth2.uchicago.edu/idp/shibboleth  
**Documentation:** https://its.uchicago.edu/

University of Chicago Shibboleth Identity Provider — InCommon SAML Metadata is one of 44 APIs that [University of Chicago](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-chicago/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Identity Federation, SAML, Shibboleth, InCommon, and eduGAIN.

The University of Chicago's Shibboleth identity provider publishes its SAML 2.0 metadata document publicly. entityID urn:mace:incommon:uchicago.edu places the institution in the InCommon federation and therefore in eduGAIN. The document carries an IDPSSODescriptor supporting the SAML 2.0 protocol, HTTP-Redirect and HTTP-POST SingleSignOnService bindings at https://shibboleth2.uchicago.edu/saml2/idp/SSOService.php, the transient NameID format, signing and encryption key descriptors, and md:OrganizationName "University of Chicago". This is the surface class a university operates by definition and it is machine-readable — verified live 2026-08-19, HTTP 200, application/xml.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **IdentityFederation** — https://shibboleth2.uchicago.edu/idp/shibboleth
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-chicago/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-chicago-domain-standards.yml
- **GitHub** — https://github.com/uchicago
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-chicago/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other University of Chicago APIs (12)

- [Knowledge@UChicago Repository REST API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/knowledge-invenio-rest/)
- [Knowledge@UChicago OAI-PMH Endpoint](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/knowledge-oai-pmh/)
- [OCHRE Data Service API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/ochre-data-service/)
- [University of Chicago Library IIIF Presentation API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/library-iiif-presentation/)
- [University of Chicago Library IIIF Image API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/library-iiif-image/)
- [University of Chicago Library Catalog API (VuFind)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/vufind-catalog-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 Fence — admin/user API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-admin-user-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 indexd — alias API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-alias-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 indexd — bulk API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-bulk-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 indexd — bundle API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-bundle-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 Peregrine — core metadata API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-core-metadata-api/)
- [University of Chicago Gen3 Fence — credentials/api API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-chicago/university-of-chicago-credentials-api-api/)

## Tags

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

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