# UW Shibboleth Identity Provider (InCommon)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/identity-federation/  
**Provider:** University of Washington — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-washington/  
**Base URL:** https://idp.u.washington.edu/metadata/idp-metadata.xml  
**Documentation:** https://idp.u.washington.edu/metadata/idp-metadata.xml

UW Shibboleth Identity Provider (InCommon) is one of 32 APIs that [University of Washington](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-washington/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Identity Federation, Shibboleth, SAML, InCommon, and Identity.

UW's Shibboleth identity provider publishes signed SAML 2.0 metadata at a stable URL — entityID urn:mace:incommon:washington.edu, scope washington.edu, InCommon registration ID INC20180221T195121. Machine-readable, unauthenticated, institution-operated by definition, and one of the very few open programmable surfaces most universities have.

## Machine-readable artifacts (2)

- **IdentityFederation** — https://idp.u.washington.edu/metadata/idp-metadata.xml
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-washington/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-washington-domain-standards-conformance.yml

## Other University of Washington APIs (12)

- [Identity Registration Web Service (IRWS)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/identity-registry-web-service/)
- [UW-IT Enterprise Web Services Registry](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/enterprise-web-services/)
- [UW Groups Web Service (GWS)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/groups-web-service/)
- [UW Token Authentication Web Service (TAWS)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/token-authentication-web-service/)
- [ResearchWorks Repository (DSpace REST + OAI-PMH)](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/researchworks-dspace/)
- [Student Web Service (SWS) Campus API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/university-of-washington-campus-api/)
- [IdCard Web Service (IdCardWS) Card API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/university-of-washington-card-api/)
- [Student Web Service (SWS) College API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/university-of-washington-college-api/)
- [Student Web Service (SWS) Course API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/university-of-washington-course-api/)
- [Student Web Service (SWS) Curriculum API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/university-of-washington-curriculum-api/)
- [Student Web Service (SWS) Degree API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/university-of-washington-degree-api/)
- [Student Web Service (SWS) Degree Audit API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-washington/university-of-washington-degreeaudit-api/)

## Tags

Identity Federation, Shibboleth, SAML, InCommon, Identity

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