University of Gothenburg

Shibboleth Identity Provider — SAML 2.0 Metadata

The University's own Shibboleth identity provider, entityID https://idp3.it.gu.se/idp/shibboleth, which resolved directly to HTTP 200 on 2026-09-01 and is also published as signed metadata through the SWAMID MDQ service at mds.swamid.se (HTTP 200 application/samlmetadata+xml, 13,045 bytes). The metadata carries an md:IDPSSODescriptor, shibmd:Scope gu.se, OrganizationName "University of Gothenburg", and SSO bindings at /idp/profile/SAML2/POST/SSO and /idp/profile/SAML2/Redirect/SSO. SWAMID participates in eduGAIN. Identity federation is institution-operated by definition, and it is load-bearing rather than incidental here: Mink's accounts are federated logins.

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Authentication
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-gothenburg/refs/heads/main/authentication/university-of-gothenburg-authentication.yml
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Documentation
https://mds.swamid.se/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fidp3.it.gu.se%2Fidp%2Fshibboleth

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Examples
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-gothenburg/refs/heads/main/examples/university-of-gothenburg-idp-saml-metadata-example.xml

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apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: university-of-gothenburg:shibboleth-idp
name: Shibboleth Identity Provider — SAML 2.0 Metadata
x-operator: federation
description: 'The University''s own Shibboleth identity provider, entityID https://idp3.it.gu.se/idp/shibboleth,
  which resolved directly to HTTP 200 on 2026-09-01 and is also published as signed metadata through the
  SWAMID MDQ service at mds.swamid.se (HTTP 200 application/samlmetadata+xml, 13,045 bytes). The metadata
  carries an md:IDPSSODescriptor, shibmd:Scope gu.se, OrganizationName "University of Gothenburg", and
  SSO bindings at /idp/profile/SAML2/POST/SSO and /idp/profile/SAML2/Redirect/SSO. SWAMID participates
  in eduGAIN. Identity federation is institution-operated by definition, and it is load-bearing rather
  than incidental here: Mink''s accounts are federated logins.'
baseURL: https://idp3.it.gu.se/idp/shibboleth
humanURL: https://www.swamid.se/
tags:
- Identity Federation
- SAML
- Shibboleth
- SWAMID
- eduGAIN
- Authentication
properties:
- type: Examples
  url: examples/university-of-gothenburg-idp-saml-metadata-example.xml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/university-of-gothenburg-authentication.yml
- type: Documentation
  url: https://mds.swamid.se/entities/https%3A%2F%2Fidp3.it.gu.se%2Fidp%2Fshibboleth