Network Working Group C. Mortimore, Ed.
Internet-Draft Salesforce
Intended status: Standards Track P. Harding
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T. Drake
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August 27, 2012
System for Cross-Domain Identity Management: Core Schema
draft-ietf-scim-core-schema-00
Abstract
The System for Cross-Domain Identity Management (SCIM) specification
is designed to make managing user identity in cloud based
applications and services easier. The specification suite builds
upon experience with existing schemas and deployments, placing
specific emphasis on simplicity of development and integration, while
applying existing authentication, authorization, and privacy models.
Its intent is to reduce the cost and complexity of user management
operations by providing a common user schema and extension model, as
well as binding documents to provide patterns for exchanging this
schema using standard protocols. In essence, make it fast, cheap,
and easy to move identity in to, out of, and around the cloud.
This document provides a platform neutral schema and extension model
for representing users and groups in JSON and XML formats. This
schema is intended for exchange and use with cloud service providers.
Additional binding documents provide a standard REST API, SAML
binding, and use cases.
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Table of Contents
1. Requirements Notation and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3. SCIM Schema Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3.1. Attribute Data Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.1. String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.2. Boolean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.3. Decimal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.4. Integer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.5. DateTime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1.6. Binary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.1.7. Complex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.2. Multi-valued Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4. Schema Extension Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5. SCIM Core Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.1. Common Schema Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5.2. "schemas" Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6. SCIM User Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.1. Singular Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6.2. Multi-valued Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7. SCIM Enterprise User Schema Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
8. SCIM Group Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
9. Service Provider Configuration Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
10. Resource Schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
11. JSON Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
11.1. Minimal User Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
11.2. Full User Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
11.3. Enterprise User Extension Representation . . . . . . . . . 23
11.4. Group Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
11.5. Service Provider Configuration Representation . . . . . . 26
11.6. Resource Schema Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
12. XML Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
12.1. Minimal Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
12.2. Full Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
12.3. Enterprise User Extension Representation . . . . . . . . . 36
12.4. Group Representation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
13. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Appendix A. Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
14. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Authors' Addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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1. Requirements Notation and Conventions
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
"SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119] .
Throughout this document, values are quoted to indicate that they are
to be taken literally. When using these values in protocol messages,
the quotes MUST NOT be used as part of the value.
2. Overview
While there are existing standards for describing and exchanging user
information, many of these standards can be difficult to implement
and/or use; e.g., their wire protocols do not easily traverse
firewalls and/or are not easily layered onto existing web protocols.
As a result, many cloud providers implement non-standard APIs for
managing users within their services. This increases both the cost
and complexity associated with organizations adopting products and
services from multiple cloud providers as they must perform redundant
integration development. Similarly, cloud services providers seeking
to interoperate with multiple application marketplaces or cloud
identity providers must be redundantly integrated.
SCIM seeks to simplify this problem through a simple to implement
specification suite that provides a common user schema and extension
model, as well as binding documents to provide patterns for
exchanging this schema via a REST API. It draws inspiration and best
practice, building upon existing user APIs and schemas from a wide
variety of sources including, but not limited to, existing APIs
exposed by cloud providers, PortableContacts, and LDAP directory
services.
This document provides a platform neutral schema and extension model
for representing users and groups in JSON and XML formats. This
schema is intended for exchange and use with cloud service providers.
Additional binding documents provide a standard REST API, SAML
binding, and use cases.
2.1. Definitions
Service Provider: A web application that provides identity
information via the SCIM protocol.
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Consumer: A website or application that uses the SCIM protocol to
manage identity data maintained by the Service Provider.
Resource: The Service Provider managed artifact containing one or
more attributes; e.g., User or Group
Singular Attribute: A Resource attribute that contains 0..1 values;
e.g., displayName.
Multi-valued Attribute: A Resource attribute that contains 0..n
values; e.g., emails.
Simple Attribute: A Singular or Multi-valued Attribute whose value
is a primitive; e.g., String.
Complex Attribute: A Singular or Multi-valued Attribute whose value
is a composition of one or more Simple Attributes.
Sub-Attribute: A Simple Attribute contained within a Complex
Attribute.
3. SCIM Schema Structure
SCIM schema provides a minimal core schema for representing users and
groups (resources), encompassing common attributes found in many
existing deployments and schemas.
A resource is a collection of attributes identified by one or more
schemas. Minimally, an attribute consists of the attribute name and
at least one Simple or Complex value either of which may be Multi-
valued. SCIM schema defines the data type, plurality and other
distinguishing features of an attribute. Unless otherwise specified
all attributes are modifiable by Consumers. Immutable (read-only)
attributes SHALL be specified as 'READ-ONLY' within the attribute
definition. Additionally, Service Providers MAY choose to make some
or all Resource attributes immutable and SHOULD identify those
attributes via the associated Resource's schema endpoint
(Section 5.2).
Both XML and JSON formats are defined. Resource and attribute names
MUST conform to XML naming rules;i.e., SCIM names MUST be valid XML
names and SHOULD be camelCased. When marshalling or extending SCIM
resources in XML implementors MUST use the normative, SCIM, XML
schema (.xsd). SCIM resources represented in a schema-less format;
e.g., JSON, MUST specify schema via the schemas attribute
(Section 5.2).
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3.1. Attribute Data Types
Attribute data types are derived from XML schema [1] and unless
otherwise specified are optional, modifiable by Consumers, and of
type String (Section 3.1.1). The JSON format defines a limited set
of data types, hence, where appropriate, alternate JSON
representations are defined below. SCIM extensions SHOULD not
introduce new data types.
3.1.1. String
A sequence of characters as defined in section 3.2.1 of the XML
Schema Datatypes Specification. A String attribute MAY specify a
required data format. Additionally, when Canonical Values are
specified Service Providers SHOULD conform to those values if
appropriate, but MAY provide alternate String values to represent
additional values.
3.1.2. Boolean
The literal "true" or "false" as specified in section 3.2.2 of the
XML Schema Datatypes Specification.
3.1.3. Decimal
A real number with at least one digit to the left and right of the
period as specified in section 3.2.3 of the XML Schema Datatypes
Specification.
Values represented in JSON MUST conform to the XML constraints above
and are represented as a JSON Number [2].
3.1.4. Integer
A Decimal number with no fractional digits as defined in section
3.3.13 of the XML Schema Datatypes Specification.
Values represented in JSON MUST conform to the XML constraints above
and are represented as a JSON Number [2].
3.1.5. DateTime
A dateTime (e.g. 2008-01-23T04:56:22Z) as specified in section 3.2.7
of the XML Schema Datatypes Specification.
Values represented in JSON MUST conform to the XML constraints above
and are represented as a JSON String [2].
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3.1.6. Binary
The attribute value MUST be encoded as a valid xsd:base64Binary value
as specified in section 3.2.16 of the XML Schema Datatypes
Specification.
Values represented in JSON MUST conform to the XML constraints above
and are represented as a JSON String [2].
3.1.7. Complex
A Singular or Multi-valued Attribute whose value is a composition of
one or more Simple Attributes as specified in section 3.4 XML Schema
Datatypes Specification.
JSON values are represented as JSON Objects [2].
3.2. Multi-valued Attributes
Multi-valued attributes are unordered lists of attributes. Each
attribute MAY contain Sub-Attributes and therefore multi-valued
attributes may contain Complex Attributes. The below Sub-Attributes
are considered normative and when specified SHOULD be used as
defined.
type A label indicating the attribute's function; e.g., "work" or
"home".
primary A Boolean value indicating the 'primary' or preferred
attribute value for this attribute, e.g. the preferred mailing
address or primary e-mail address. The primary attribute value
'true' MUST appear no more than once.
display A human readable name, primarily used for display purposes.
READ-ONLY.
operation The operation to perform on the multi-valued attribute
during a PATCH request. The only valid value is "delete", which
signifies that this instance should be removed from the Resource.
value The attribute's significant value; e.g., the e-mail address,
phone number, etc. Attributes that define a "value" sub-attribute
MAY be alternately represented as a collection of primitive types.
For example:
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{
"emails": [
{"value":"bjensen@example.com"},
{"value":"babs@example.com"}
]
}
May also be represented as:
{
"emails": ["bjensen@example.com","babs@example.com"]
}
When returning multi-valued attributes, Service Providers SHOULD
canonicalize the value returned, if appropriate (e.g. for e-mail
addresses and URLs). Providers MAY return the same value more than
once with different types (e.g. the same e-mail address may used for
work and home), but SHOULD NOT return the same (type, value)
combination more than once per Attribute, as this complicates
processing by the Consumer.
4. Schema Extension Model
SCIM schema follows an object extension model similar to
ObjectClasses used in LDAP. Unlike LDAP there is no inheritance
model; all extensions are additive (similar to LDAP Auxiliary Object
Classes [3]). Each value indicates additive schema that may exist in
a SCIM representation as specified by extensions not defined in this
suite. Schema extensions MUST NOT redefine any attributes defined in
this specification and SHOULD follow conventions defined in this
specification. Each schema extension must identify a URI used to
identify the extension. XML MUST use XML namespaces and JSON formats
MUST use the "schemas" attribute (Section 5.2) to distinguish
extended resources and attributes.
5. SCIM Core Schema
5.1. Common Schema Attributes
Each SCIM Resource (Users, Groups, etc.) includes the below common
attributes. These attributes MUST be included in all Resources,
including any extended Resource types. It is not necessary to
specify the schemas attribute if the Resource is fully defined in
this document as the core schema is implicitly included.
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id Unique identifier for the SCIM Resource as defined by the Service
Provider. Each representation of the Resource MUST include a non-
empty id value. This identifier MUST be unique across the Service
Provider's entire set of Resources. It MUST be a stable, non-
reassignable identifier that does not change when the same
Resource is returned in subsequent requests. The value of the id
attribute is always issued by the Service Provider and MUST never
be specified by the Service Consumer. bulkId: is a reserved
keyword and MUST NOT be used in the unique identifier. REQUIRED
and READ-ONLY.
externalId An identifier for the Resource as defined by the Service
Consumer. The externalId may simplify identification of the
Resource between Service Consumer and Service provider by allowing
the Consumer to refer to the Resource with its own identifier,
obviating the need to store a local mapping between the local
identifier of the Resource and the identifier used by the Service
Provider. Each Resource MAY include a non-empty externalId value.
The value of the externalId attribute is always issued be the
Service Consumer and can never be specified by the Service
Provider. The Service Provider MUST always interpret the
externalId as scoped to the Service Consumer's tenant.
meta A complex attribute containing resource metadata. All sub-
attributes are OPTIONAL
created The DateTime the Resource was added to the Service
Provider. The attribute MUST be a DateTime. READ-ONLY.
lastModified The most recent DateTime the details of this
Resource were updated at the Service Provider. If this
Resource has never been modified since its initial creation,
the value MUST be the same as the value of created. The
attribute MUST be a DateTime. READ-ONLY.
location The URI of the Resource being returned. This value MUST
be the same as the Location HTTP response header. READ-ONLY.
version The version of the Resource being returned. This value
must be the same as the ETag HTTP response header. READ-ONLY.
attributes The names of the attributes to remove from the
Resource during a PATCH operation.
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5.2. "schemas" Attribute
SCIM supports resources of different types, with extensible schemas.
Each resource MUST be indicated using fully qualified URLs.
Where a specific representation has existing support for expressing
schema, the traditional convention of that representation MUST be
applied. For example, when representing users using XML, XML
Namespace should be used.
When a representation does not explicitly provide support for
indicating a schema, such as JSON, a schemas attribute is used to
indicate the version of SCIM schema as well as any schema extensions.
schemas The schemas attribute is an array of Strings which allows
introspection of the supported schema version for a SCIM
representation as well any schema extensions supported by that
representation. Each String value must be a unique URI. This
specification defines URIs for User, Group, and a standard
"enterprise" extension. All representations of SCIM schema MUST
include a non-zero value array with value(s) of the URIs supported
by that representation. Duplicate values MUST NOT be included.
Value order is not specified and MUST not impact behavior.
REQUIRED.
6. SCIM User Schema
SCIM provides a schema for representing Users, identified using the
following URI: 'urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0'. The following attributes
are defined in addition to those attributes defined in SCIM Core
Schema:
6.1. Singular Attributes
userName Unique identifier for the User, typically used by the user
to directly authenticate to the service provider. Often displayed
to the user as their unique identifier within the system (as
opposed to id or externalId, which are generally opaque and not
user-friendly identifiers). Each User MUST include a non-empty
userName value. This identifier MUST be unique across the Service
Consumer's entire set of Users. REQUIRED.
name The components of the User's real name. Providers MAY return
just the full name as a single string in the formatted sub-
attribute, or they MAY return just the individual component
attributes using the other sub-attributes, or they MAY return
both. If both variants are returned, they SHOULD be describing
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the same name, with the formatted name indicating how the
component attributes should be combined.
formatted The full name, including all middle names, titles, and
suffixes as appropriate, formatted for display (e.g. Ms.
Barbara Jane Jensen, III.).
familyName The family name of the User, or "Last Name" in most
Western languages (e.g. Jensen given the full name Ms. Barbara
Jane Jensen, III.).
givenName The given name of the User, or "First Name" in most
Western languages (e.g. Barbara given the full name Ms.
Barbara Jane Jensen, III.).
middleName The middle name(s) of the User (e.g. Jane given the
full name Ms. Barbara Jane Jensen, III.).
honorificPrefix The honorific prefix(es) of the User, or "Title"
in most Western languages (e.g. Ms. given the full name Ms.
Barbara Jane Jensen, III.).
honorificSuffix The honorific suffix(es) of the User, or "Suffix"
in most Western languages (e.g. III. given the full name Ms.
Barbara Jane Jensen, III.).
displayName The name of the User, suitable for display to end-users.
Each User returned MAY include a non-empty displayName value. The
name SHOULD be the full name of the User being described if known
(e.g. Babs Jensen or Ms. Barbara J Jensen, III), but MAY be a
username or handle, if that is all that is available (e.g.
bjensen). The value provided SHOULD be the primary textual label
by which this User is normally displayed by the Service Provider
when presenting it to end-users.
nickName The casual way to address the user in real life, e.g.
"Bob" or "Bobby" instead of "Robert". This attribute SHOULD NOT
be used to represent a User's username (e.g. bjensen or
mpepperidge).
profileUrl A fully qualified URL to a page representing the User's
online profile.
title The user's title, such as "Vice President."
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userType Used to identify the organization to user relationship.
Typical values used might be "Contractor", "Employee", "Intern",
"Temp", "External", and "Unknown" but any value may be used.
preferredLanguage Indicates the User's preferred written or spoken
language. Generally used for selecting a localized User
interface. Valid values are concatenation of the ISO 639-1 two
letter language code [4], an underscore, and the ISO 3166-1 2
letter country code [5]; e.g., 'en_US' specifies the language
English and country US.
locale Used to indicate the User's default location for purposes of
localizing items such as currency, date time format, numerical
representations, etc. A locale value is a concatenation of the
ISO 639-1 two letter language code [4], an underscore, and the ISO
3166-1 2 letter country code [5]; e.g., 'en_US' specifies the
language English and country US.
timezone The User's time zone in the "Olson" timezone database
format [6]; e.g.,'America/Los_Angeles'.
active A Boolean value indicating the User's administrative status.
The definitive meaning of this attribute is determined by the
Service Provider though a value of true infers the User is, for
example, able to login while a value of false implies the User's
account has been suspended.
password The User's clear text password. This attribute is intended
to be used as a means to specify an initial password when creating
a new User or to reset an existing User's password. No accepted
standards exist to convey password policies, hence Consumers
should expect Service Providers to reject password values. This
value MUST never be returned by a Service Provider in any form.
6.2. Multi-valued Attributes
The following multi-valued attributes are defined.
emails E-mail addresses for the User. The value SHOULD be
canonicalized by the Service Provider, e.g. bjensen@example.com
instead of bjensen@EXAMPLE.COM. Canonical Type values of work,
home, and other.
phoneNumbers Phone numbers for the User. The value SHOULD be
canonicalized by the Service Provider according to format in
RFC3966 [7] e.g. 'tel:+1-201-555-0123'. Canonical Type values of
work, home, mobile, fax, pager and other.
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ims Instant messaging address for the User. No official
canonicalization rules exist for all instant messaging addresses,
but Service Providers SHOULD, when appropriate, remove all
whitespace and convert the address to lowercase. Instead of the
standard Canonical Values for type, this attribute defines the
following Canonical Values to represent currently popular IM
services: aim, gtalk, icq, xmpp, msn, skype, qq, and yahoo.
photos URL of a photo of the User. The value SHOULD be a
canonicalized URL, and MUST point to an image file (e.g. a GIF,
JPEG, or PNG image file) rather than to a web page containing an
image. Service Providers MAY return the same image at different
sizes, though it is recognized that no standard for describing
images of various sizes currently exists. Note that this
attribute SHOULD NOT be used to send down arbitrary photos taken
by this User, but specifically profile photos of the User suitable
for display when describing the User. Instead of the standard
Canonical Values for type, this attribute defines the following
Canonical Values to represent popular photo sizes: photo,
thumbnail.
addresses A physical mailing address for this User. Canonical Type
Values of work, home, and other. The value attribute is a complex
type with the following sub-attributes. All Sub-Attributes are
OPTIONAL.
formatted The full mailing address, formatted for display or use
with a mailing label. This attribute MAY contain newlines.
streetAddress The full street address component, which may
include house number, street name, P.O. box, and multi-line
extended street address information. This attribute MAY
contain newlines.
locality The city or locality component.
region The state or region component.
postalCode The zipcode or postal code component.
country The country name component. When specified the value
MUST be in ISO 3166-1 alpha 2 "short" code format [5]; e.g.,
the United States and Sweden are "US" and "SE", respectively.
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groups A list of groups that the user belongs to, either thorough
direct membership, nested groups, or dynamically calculated. The
values are meant to enable expression of common group or role
based access control models, although no explicit authorization
model is defined. It is intended that the semantics of group
membership and any behavior or authorization granted as a result
of membership are defined by the Service Provider. The Canonical
types "direct" and "indirect" are defined to describe how the
group membership was derived. Direct group membership indicates
the User is directly associated with the group and SHOULD indicate
that Consumers may modify membership through the Group Resource.
Indirect membership indicates User membership is transitive or
dynamic and implies that Consumers cannot modify indirect group
membership through the Group resource but MAY modify direct group
membership through the Group resource which MAY influence indirect
memberships. If the SCIM Service Provider exposes a Group
resource, the value MUST be the "id" attribute of the
corresponding Group resources to which the user belongs. Since
this attribute is read-only, group membership changes MUST be
applied via the Group Resource (Section 8). READ-ONLY.
entitlements A list of entitlements for the User that represent a
thing the User has. That is, an entitlement is an additional
right to a thing, object or service. No vocabulary or syntax is
specified and Service Providers/Consumers are expected to encode
sufficient information in the value so as to accurately and
without ambiguity determine what the User has access to. This
value has NO canonical types though type may be useful as a means
to scope entitlements.
roles A list of roles for the User that collectively represent who
the User is; e.g., 'Student', "Faculty". No vocabulary or syntax
is specified though it is expected that a role value is a String
or label representing a collection of entitlements. This value
has NO canonical types.
x509Certificates A list of certificates issued to the User. Values
are Binary (Section 3.1.6) and DER encoded x509. This value has
NO canonical types.
7. SCIM Enterprise User Schema Extension
The following SCIM extension defines attributes commonly used in
representing users that belong to, or act on behalf of a business or
enterprise. The enterprise user extension is identified using the
following URI: 'urn:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:1.0'.
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The following Singular Attributes are defined:
employeeNumber Numeric or alphanumeric identifier assigned to a
person, typically based on order of hire or association with an
organization.
costCenter Identifies the name of a cost center.
organization Identifies the name of an organization.
division Identifies the name of a division.
department Identifies the name of a department.
manager The User's manager. A complex type that optionally allows
Service Providers to represent organizational hierarchy by
referencing the "id" attribute of another User.
managerId The id of the SCIM resource representing the User's
manager. REQUIRED.
displayName The displayName of the User's manager. OPTIONAL and
READ-ONLY.
8. SCIM Group Schema
SCIM provides a schema for representing groups, identified using the
following URI: 'urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0'.
Group resources are meant to enable expression of common Group or
role based access control models, although no explicit authorization
model is defined. It is intended that the semantics of group
membership and any behavior or authorization granted as a result of
membership are defined by the Service Provider are considered out of
scope for this specification.
The following Singular Attribute is defined in addition to the common
attributes defined in SCIM Core Schema:
displayName A human readable name for the Group. REQUIRED.
The following multi-valued attribute is defined in addition to the
common attributes defined in SCIM Core Schema:
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members A list of members of the Group. Canonical Types "User" and
"Group" are READ-ONLY. The value must be the "id" of a SCIM
resource, either a User, or a Group. The intention of the Group
type is to allow the Service Provider to support nested Groups.
Service Providers MAY require Consumers to provide a non-empty
members value based on the "required" sub attribute of the
"members" attribute in Group Resource Schema.
9. Service Provider Configuration Schema
SCIM provides a schema for representing the Service Provider's
configuration identified using the following URI:
'urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0'
The Service Provider Configuration Resource enables a Service
Provider to expose its compliance with the SCIM specification in a
standardized form as well as provide additional implementation
details to Consumers. All attributes are READ-ONLY.
The following Singular Attributes are defined in addition to the
common attributes defined in Core Schema:
documentationUrl An HTTP addressable URL pointing to the Service
Provider's human consumable help documentation.
patch A complex type that specifies PATCH configuration options.
REQUIRED.
supported Boolean value specifying whether the operation is
supported. REQUIRED.
bulk A complex type that specifies BULK configuration options.
REQUIRED
supported Boolean value specifying whether the operation is
supported. REQUIRED.
maxOperations An integer value specifying the maximum number of
operations. REQUIRED.
maxPayloadSize An integer value specifying the maximum payload
size in bytes. REQUIRED.
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filter A complex type that specifies FILTER options. REQUIRED.
supported Boolean value specifying whether the operation is
supported. REQUIRED.
maxResults Integer value specifying the maximum number of
Resources returned in a response. REQUIRED.
changePassword A complex type that specifies Change Password
configuration options. REQUIRED.
supported Boolean value specifying whether the operation is
supported. REQUIRED.
sort A complex type that specifies Sort configuration options.
REQUIRED.
supported Boolean value specifying whether sorting is supported.
REQUIRED.
etag A complex type that specifies Etag configuration options.
REQUIRED.
supported Boolean value specifying whether the operation is
supported. REQUIRED.
xmlDataFormat A complex type that specifies whether the XML data
format is supported. REQUIRED.
supported Boolean value specifying whether the operation is
supported. REQUIRED.
The following multi-valued attribute is defined in addition to the
common attributes defined in Core Schema:
authenticationSchemes A complex type that specifies supported
Authentication Scheme properties. Instead of the standard
Canonical Values for type, this attribute defines the following
Canonical Values to represent common schemes: oauth, oauth2,
oauthbearertoken, httpbasic, and httpdigest. To enable seamless
discovery of configuration, the Service Provider SHOULD, with the
appropriate security considerations, make the
authenticationSchemes attribute publicly accessible without prior
authentication. REQUIRED.
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name The common authentication scheme name; e.g., HTTP Basic.
REQUIRED.
description A description of the Authentication Scheme.
REQUIRED.
specUrl A HTTP addressable URL pointing to the Authentication
Scheme's specification. OPTIONAL.
documentationUrl A HTTP addressable URL pointing to the
Authentication Scheme's usage documentation. OPTIONAL.
10. Resource Schema
The Resource schema specifies the Attribute(s) and meta-data that
constitute a Resource. Schema Resources are READ-ONLY and identified
using the following URI: 'urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0'. Unlike other
core Resources the schema Resource MAY contain a complex object
within a Sub-Attribute and all Attributes are REQUIRED unless other
specified.
The following Singular Attributes are defined:
name The Resource name. When applicable Service Providers MUST
specify the name specified in the core schema specification; e.g.,
"User" or "Group".
description The Resource's human readable description. When
applicable Service Providers MUST specify the description
specified in the core schema specification.
schema The Resource's associated schema URI; e.g.,
urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0.
endpoint The Resource's HTTP addressable endpoint relative to the
Base URL; e.g., /Users.
The following multi-valued attribute is defined:
attributes A complex type that specifies the set of Resource
attributes.
name The attribute's name.
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type The attribute's data type; e.g., String.
multiValued Boolean value indicating the attribute's plurality.
multiValuedAttributeChildName String value specifying the child
XML element name; e.g., the 'emails' attribute value is
'email', 'phoneNumbers', is 'phoneNumber'. REQUIRED when the
multiValued attribute value is true otherwise this attribute
MUST be omitted.
description The attribute's human readable description. When
applicable Service Providers MUST specify the description
specified in the core schema specification.
schema The attribute's associated schema; e.g.,
urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0.
readOnly A Boolean value that specifies if the attribute is
mutable.
required A Boolean value that specifies if the attribute is
required.
caseExact A Boolean value that specifies if the String attribute
is case sensitive.
The following multi-valued attributes are defined. There are
no canonical type values defined and the primary value serves
no useful purpose.
subAttributes A list specifying the contained attributes.
OPTIONAL.
name The attribute's name.
type The attribute's data type; e.g., String.
description The attribute's human readable description.
When applicable Service Providers MUST specify the
description specified in the core schema specification.
readOnly A Boolean value that specifies if the attribute is
mutable.
required A Boolean value that specifies if the attribute is
required.
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caseExact A Boolean value that specifies if the String
attribute is case sensitive.
canonicalValues A collection of canonical values. When
applicable Service Providers MUST specify the canonical
types specified in the core schema specification;
e.g.,"work","home". OPTIONAL.
11. JSON Representation
11.1. Minimal User Representation
The following is a non-normative example of the minimal required SCIM
representation in JSON format.
{
"schemas": ["urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"],
"id": "2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646",
"userName": "bjensen@example.com"
}
11.2. Full User Representation
The following is a non-normative example of the fully populated SCIM
representation in JSON format.
{
"schemas": ["urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"],
"id": "2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646",
"externalId": "701984",
"userName": "bjensen@example.com",
"name": {
"formatted": "Ms. Barbara J Jensen III",
"familyName": "Jensen",
"givenName": "Barbara",
"middleName": "Jane",
"honorificPrefix": "Ms.",
"honorificSuffix": "III"
},
"displayName": "Babs Jensen",
"nickName": "Babs",
"profileUrl": "https://login.example.com/bjensen",
"emails": [
{
"value": "bjensen@example.com",
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"type": "work",
"primary": true
},
{
"value": "babs@jensen.org",
"type": "home"
}
],
"addresses": [
{
"type": "work",
"streetAddress": "100 Universal City Plaza",
"locality": "Hollywood",
"region": "CA",
"postalCode": "91608",
"country": "USA",
"formatted": "100 Universal City Plaza\nHollywood, CA 91608 USA",
"primary": true
},
{
"type": "home",
"streetAddress": "456 Hollywood Blvd",
"locality": "Hollywood",
"region": "CA",
"postalCode": "91608",
"country": "USA",
"formatted": "456 Hollywood Blvd\nHollywood, CA 91608 USA"
}
],
"phoneNumbers": [
{
"value": "555-555-5555",
"type": "work"
},
{
"value": "555-555-4444",
"type": "mobile"
}
],
"ims": [
{
"value": "someaimhandle",
"type": "aim"
}
],
"photos": [
{
"value": "https://photos.example.com/profilephoto/72930000000Ccne/F",
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"type": "photo"
},
{
"value": "https://photos.example.com/profilephoto/72930000000Ccne/T",
"type": "thumbnail"
}
],
"userType": "Employee",
"title": "Tour Guide",
"preferredLanguage":"en_US",
"locale": "en_US",
"timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
"active":true,
"password":"t1meMa$heen",
"groups": [
{
"display": "Tour Guides",
"value": "00300000005N2Y6AA"
},
{
"display": "Employees",
"value": "00300000005N34H78"
},
{
"display": "US Employees",
"value": "00300000005N98YT1"
}
],
"x509Certificates": [
{
"value": "MIIDQzCCAqygAwIBAgICEAAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwTjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMx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"
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}
],
"meta": {
"created": "2010-01-23T04:56:22Z",
"lastModified": "2011-05-13T04:42:34Z",
"version": "W\/\"a330bc54f0671c9\"",
"location": "https://example.com/v1/Users/2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646"
}
}
11.3. Enterprise User Extension Representation
The following is a non-normative example of the fully populated User
using the enterprise User extension in JSON format.
{
"schemas": ["urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0", "urn:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:1.0"],
"id": "2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646",
"externalId": "701984",
"userName": "bjensen@example.com",
"name": {
"formatted": "Ms. Barbara J Jensen III",
"familyName": "Jensen",
"givenName": "Barbara",
"middleName": "Jane",
"honorificPrefix": "Ms.",
"honorificSuffix": "III"
},
"displayName": "Babs Jensen",
"nickName": "Babs",
"profileUrl": "https://login.example.com/bjensen",
"emails": [
{
"value": "bjensen@example.com",
"type": "work",
"primary": true
},
{
"value": "babs@jensen.org",
"type": "home"
}
],
"addresses": [
{
"streetAddress": "100 Universal City Plaza",
"locality": "Hollywood",
"region": "CA",
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"postalCode": "91608",
"country": "USA",
"formatted": "100 Universal City Plaza\nHollywood, CA 91608 USA",
"type": "work",
"primary": true
},
{
"streetAddress": "456 Hollywood Blvd",
"locality": "Hollywood",
"region": "CA",
"postalCode": "91608",
"country": "USA",
"formatted": "456 Hollywood Blvd\nHollywood, CA 91608 USA",
"type": "home"
}
],
"phoneNumbers": [
{
"value": "555-555-5555",
"type": "work"
},
{
"value": "555-555-4444",
"type": "mobile"
}
],
"ims": [
{
"value": "someaimhandle",
"type": "aim"
}
],
"photos": [
{
"value": "https://photos.example.com/profilephoto/72930000000Ccne/F",
"type": "photo"
},
{
"value": "https://photos.example.com/profilephoto/72930000000Ccne/T",
"type": "thumbnail"
}
],
"userType": "Employee",
"title": "Tour Guide",
"preferredLanguage":"en_US",
"locale": "en_US",
"timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
"active":true,
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"password":"t1meMa$heen",
"groups": [
{
"value": "e9e30dba-f08f-4109-8486-d5c6a331660a",
"display": "Tour Guides"
},
{
"value": "fc348aa8-3835-40eb-a20b-c726e15c55b5",
"display": "Employees"
},
{
"value": "71ddacd2-a8e7-49b8-a5db-ae50d0a5bfd7",
"display": "US Employees"
}
],
"x509Certificates": [
{
"value": "MIIDQzCCAqygAwIBAgICEAAwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEFBQAwTjELMAkGA1UEBhMCVVMx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"
}
],
"urn:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:1.0": {
"employeeNumber": "701984",
"costCenter": "4130",
"organization": "Universal Studios",
"division": "Theme Park",
"department": "Tour Operations",
"manager": {
"managerId": "26118915-6090-4610-87e4-49d8ca9f808d",
"displayName": "John Smith"
}
},
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"meta": {
"created": "2010-01-23T04:56:22Z",
"lastModified": "2011-05-13T04:42:34Z",
"version": "W\/\"3694e05e9dff591\"",
"location": "https://example.com/v1/Users/2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646"
}
}
11.4. Group Representation
The following is a non-normative example of SCIM Group representation
in JSON format.
{
"schemas": ["urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"],
"id": "e9e30dba-f08f-4109-8486-d5c6a331660a",
"displayName": "Tour Guides",
"members": [
{
"value": "2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646",
"display": "Babs Jensen"
},
{
"value": "902c246b-6245-4190-8e05-00816be7344a",
"display": "Mandy Pepperidge"
}
]
}
11.5. Service Provider Configuration Representation
The following is a non-normative example of the SCIM Service Provider
Configuration representation in JSON format.
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{
"schemas": ["urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0"],
"documentationUrl":"http://example.com/help/scim.html",
"patch": {
"supported":true
},
"bulk": {
"supported":true,
"maxOperations":1000,
"maxPayloadSize":1048576
},
"filter": {
"supported":true,
"maxResults": 200
},
"changePassword" : {
"supported":true
},
"sort": {
"supported":true
},
"etag": {
"supported":true
},
"xmlDataFormat": {
"supported":true
},
"authenticationSchemes": [
{
"name": "OAuth Bearer Token",
"description": "Authentication Scheme using the OAuth Bearer Token Standard",
"specUrl":"http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-oauth-v2-bearer-01",
"documentationUrl":"http://example.com/help/oauth.html",
"type":"oauthbearertoken",
"primary": true
},
{
"name": "HTTP Basic",
"description": "Authentication Scheme using the Http Basic Standard",
"specUrl":"http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2617.txt",
"documentationUrl":"http://example.com/help/httpBasic.html",
"type":"httpbasic"
}
]
}
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11.6. Resource Schema Representation
The following is a normative example of the SCIM Resource Schema
representation in JSON format.
{
"id":"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0:User",
"name":"User",
"description":"Core User",
"schema":"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0",
"endpoint":"/Users",
"attributes":[
{
"name":"id",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"Unique identifier for the SCIM resource as defined by the Service Provider. Each representation of the resource MUST include a non-empty id value. This identifier MUST be unique across the Service Provider's entire set of resources. It MUST be a stable, non-reassignable identifier that does not change when the same resource is returned in subsequent requests. The value of the id attribute is always issued by the Service Provider and MUST never be specified by the Service Consumer. REQUIRED.",
"schema":"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0",
"readOnly":true,
"required":true,
"caseExact":false
},
{
"name":"name",
"type":"complex",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"The components of the user's real name. Providers MAY return just the full name as a single string in the formatted sub-attribute, or they MAY return just the individual component attributes using the other sub-attributes, or they MAY return both. If both variants are returned, they SHOULD be describing the same name, with the formatted name indicating how the component attributes should be combined.",
"schema":"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false,
"subAttributes":[
{
"name":"formatted",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"The full name, including all middle names, titles, and suffixes as appropriate, formatted for display (e.g. Ms. Barbara J Jensen, III.)." ,
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
},
{
"name":"familyName",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"The family name of the User, or Last Name in most Western languages (e.g. Jensen given the full name Ms. Barbara J Jensen, III.).",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
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"caseExact":false
},
{
"name":"givenName",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"The given name of the User, or First Name in most Western languages (e.g. Barbara given the full name Ms. Barbara J Jensen, III.).",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
},
{
"name":"middleName",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"The middle name(s) of the User (e.g. Robert given the full name Ms. Barbara J Jensen, III.).",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
},
{
"name":"honorificPrefix",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"The honorific prefix(es) of the User, or Title in most Western languages (e.g. Ms. given the full name Ms. Barbara J Jensen, III.).",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
},
{
"name":"honorificSuffix",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"The honorific suffix(es) of the User, or Suffix in most Western languages (e.g. III. given the full name Ms. Barbara J Jensen, III.).",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
}
]
},
{
"name":"emails",
"type":"complex",
"multiValued":true,
"multiValuedAttributeChildName":"email",
"description":"E-mail addresses for the user. The value SHOULD be canonicalized by the Service Provider, e.g. bjensen@example.com instead of bjensen@EXAMPLE.COM. Canonical Type values of work, home, and other.",
"schema":"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0",
"readOnly":false,
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"required":false,
"caseExact":false,
"subAttributes":[
{
"name":"value",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"E-mail addresses for the user. The value SHOULD be canonicalized by the Service Provider, e.g. bjensen@example.com instead of bjensen@EXAMPLE.COM. Canonical Type values of work, home, and other.",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
},
{
"name":"display",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"A human readable name, primarily used for display purposes. READ-ONLY.",
"readOnly":true,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
},
{
"name":"type",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"A label indicating the attribute's function; e.g., 'work' or 'home'.",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false,
"canonicalValues":["work","home","other"]
},
{
"name":"primary",
"type":"boolean",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"A Boolean value indicating the 'primary' or preferred attribute value for this attribute, e.g. the preferred mailing address or primary e-mail address. The primary attribute value 'true' MUST appear no more than once.",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
}
},
{
"name":"addresses",
"type":"complex",
"multiValued":true,
"multiValuedAttributeChildName":"address",
"description":"A physical mailing address for this User, as described in (address Element). Canonical Type Values of work, home, and other. The value attribute is a complex type with the following sub-attributes.",
"schema":"urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0",
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"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false,
"subAttributes":[
{
"name":"formatted",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"The full mailing address, formatted for display or use with a mailing label. This attribute MAY contain newlines.",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
},
{
"name":"streetAddress",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"The full street address component, which may include house number, street name, PO BOX, and multi-line extended street address information. This attribute MAY contain newlines.",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
},
{
"name":"locality",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"The city or locality component.",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
},
{
"name":"region",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"The state or region component.",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
},
{
"name":"postalCode",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"The zipcode or postal code component.",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
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{
"name":"country",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"The country name component.",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
},
{
"name":"type",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"A label indicating the attribute's function; e.g., 'work' or 'home'.",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false,
"canonicalValues":["work","home","other"]
},
]
},
{
"name":"employeeNumber",
"type":"string",
"multiValued":false,
"description":"Numeric or alphanumeric identifier assigned to a person, typically based on order of hire or association with an organization.",
"schema":"urn:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:1.0",
"readOnly":false,
"required":false,
"caseExact":false
}
]
}
12. XML Representation
12.1. Minimal Representation
The following is a non-normative example of the minimal required SCIM
User representation in XML format.
<User xmlns="urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0">
<id>2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646</id>
<userName>bjensen@example.com</userName>
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</User>
12.2. Full Representation
The following is a non-normative example of the fully populated SCIM
representation in XML format.
<User xmlns="urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0">
<id>2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646</id>
<externalId>701984</externalId>
<userName>bjensen@example.com</userName>
<name>
<formatted>Ms. Babs J Jensen III</formatted>
<familyName>Jensen</familyName>
<givenName>Barbara</givenName>
<middleName>Jane</middleName>
<honorificPrefix>Ms.</honorificPrefix>
<honorificSuffix>III</honorificSuffix>
</name>
<displayName>Babs Jensen</displayName>
<nickName>Babs</nickName>
<profileUrl>https://login.example.com/bjensen</profileUrl>
<emails>
<email>
<value>bjensen@example.com</value>
<type>work</type>
<primary>true</primary>
</email>
<email>
<value>babs@jensen.com</value>
<type>home</type>
</email>
</emails>
<addresses>
<address>
<formatted>100 Universal City Plaza\nHollywood, CA 91608 USA</formatted>
<streetAddress>100 Universal City Plaza</streetAddress>
<locality>Hollywood</locality>
<region>CA</region>
<postalCode>91608</postalCode>
<country>USA</country>
<type>work</type>
<primary>true</primary>
</address>
<address>
<formatted>456 Hollywood Blvd\nHollywood, CA 91608 USA</formatted>
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<streetAddress>456 Hollywood Blvd</streetAddress>
<locality>San Francisco</locality>
<region>CA</region>
<postalCode>91608</postalCode>
<country>USA</country>
<type>home</type>
</address>
</addresses>
<phoneNumbers>
<phoneNumber>
<value>555-555-5555</value>
<type>work</type>
</phoneNumber>
<phoneNumber>
<value>555-555-4444</value>
<type>mobile</type>
</phoneNumber>
</phoneNumbers>
<ims>
<im>
<value>someaimhandle</value>
<type>aim</type>
</im>
</ims>
<photos>
<photo>
<value>https://photos.example.com/profilephoto/72930000000Ccne/F</value>
<type>photo</type>
</photo>
<photo>
<value>https://photos.example.com/profilephoto/72930000000Ccne/T</value>
<type>thumbnail</type>
</photo>
</photos>
<userType>Employee</userType>
<title>Tour Guide</title>
<preferredLanguage>en_US</preferredLanguage>
<locale>en_US</locale>
<timezone>America/Los_Angeles</timezone>
<active>true</active>
<password>t1meMa$heen</password>
<groups>
<group>
<value>e9e30dba-f08f-4109-8486-d5c6a331660a</value>
<display>Tour Guides</display>
</group>
<group>
<value>6d1a1088-3a56-4371-8e3b-6d48d67493ec</value>
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<display>Employees</display>
</group>
<group>
<value>5fd998b9-d2bd-479c-991b-6790537608dc</value>
<display>US Employees</display>
</group>
</groups>
<roles>
<role>
<value>administrator</value>
</role>
</roles>
<entitlements>
<entitlement>
<value>delete users</value>
</entitlement>
</entitlements>
<x509Certificates>
<x509Certificate>
<value>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</value>
</x509Certificate>
</x509Certificates>
<meta>
<created>2010-01-23T04:56:22Z</created>
<lastModified>2011-05-13T04:42:34Z</lastModified>
<version>W/"a330bc54f0671c9"</version>
<location>https://example.com/v1/Users/2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646</location>
</meta>
</User>
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12.3. Enterprise User Extension Representation
The following is a non-normative example of the fully populated User
using the enterprise User extension in XML format.
<User xmlns="urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0" xmlns:enterprise="urn:scim:schemas:extension:enterprise:1.0">
<id>2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646</id>
<externalId>701984</externalId>
<userName>bjensen@example.com</userName>
<name>
<formatted>Ms. Babs J Jensen III</formatted>
<familyName>Jensen</familyName>
<givenName>Barbara</givenName>
<middleName>Jane</middleName>
<honorificPrefix>Ms.</honorificPrefix>
<honorificSuffix>III</honorificSuffix>
</name>
<displayName>Babs Jensen</displayName>
<nickName>Babs</nickName>
<profileUrl>https://login.example.com/bjensen</profileUrl>
<title>Tour Guide</title>
<userType>Employee</userType>
<preferredLanguage>en_US</preferredLanguage>
<locale>en_US</locale>
<timezone>America/Los_Angeles</timezone>
<active>true</active>
<password>t1meMa$heen</password>
<emails>
<email>
<value>bjensen@example.com</value>
<type>work</type>
<primary>true</primary>
</email>
<email>
<value>babs@jensen.com/value>
<type>home</type>
</email>
</emails>
<addresses>
<address>
<formatted>100 Universal City Plaza\nHollywood, CA 91608 USA</formatted>
<streetAddress>100 Universal City Plaza</streetAddress>
<locality>Hollywood</locality>
<region>CA</region>
<postalCode>91608</postalCode>
<country>USA</country>
<type>work</type>
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<primary>true</primary>
</address>
<address>
<formatted>456 Hollywood Blvd\nHollywood, CA 91608 USA</formatted>
<streetAddress>456 Hollywood Blvd</streetAddress>
<locality>San Francisco</locality>
<region>CA</region>
<postalCode>91608</postalCode>
<country>USA</country>
<type="home">
</address>
</addresses>
<phoneNumbers>
<phoneNumber>
<value>555-555-5555</value>
<type>work</type>
</phoneNumber>
<phoneNumber>
<value>555-555-4444</value>
<type>mobile</type>
</phoneNumber>
</phoneNumbers>
<ims>
<im>
<value>someaimhandle</value>
<type>aim</type>
</im>
</ims>
<photos>
<photo>
<value>https://photos.example.com/profilephoto/72930000000Ccne/F</value>
<type>photo></type>
</photo>
<photo>
<value>https://photos.example.com/profilephoto/72930000000Ccne/T</value>
<type>thumbnail></type>
</photo>
</photos>
<groups>
<group>
<display>Tour Guides</display>
<value>00300000005N2Y6AA</value>
</group>
<group>
<display>Employees</display>
<value>00300000005N34H78</value>
</group>
<group>
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<display>US Employees</display>
<value>00300000005N98YT1</value>
</group>
</groups>
<roles>
<role>
<value>administrator</value>
</role>
</roles>
<entitlements>
<entitlement>
<value>delete users</value>
</entitlement>
</entitlements>
<x509Certificates>
<x509Certificate>
<value>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</value>
</x509Certificate>
</x509Certificates>
<enterprise:employeeNumber>701984</enterprise:employeeNumber>
<enterprise:manager>
<enterprise:managerId>902c246b-6245-4190-8e05-00816be7344a</enterprise:managerId>
<enterprise:displayName>Mandy Pepperidge</enterprise:displayName>
</enterprise:manager>
<enterprise:costCenter>4130</enterprise:costCenter>
<enterprise:organization>Universal Studios</enterprise:organization>
<enterprise:division>Theme Park</enterprise:division>
<enterprise:department>Tour Operations</enterprise:department>
<meta>
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<created>2010-01-23T04:56:22Z</created>
<lastModified>2011-05-13T04:42:34Z</lastModified>
<version>W/"3694e05e9dff591"</version>
<location>https://example.com/v1/Users/2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646</location>
</meta>
</User>
12.4. Group Representation
The following is a non-normative example of a SCIM Group
representation in XML format.
<Group xmlns="urn:scim:schemas:core:1.0">
<id>2819c223-7f76-453a-919d-413861904646</id>
<displayName>Tour Guides</displayName>
<members>
<member>
<value>902c246b-6245-4190-8e05-00816be7344a</value>
<display>Babs Jensen</display>
</member>
<member>
<value>902c246b-6245-4190-8e05-00816be7344a</value>
<display>Mandy Pepperidge</display>
</member>
</members>
</Group>
13. Security Considerations
The SCIM Core schema contains personally identifiable information as
well as other sensitive data. Aside from prohibiting password values
in a SCIM response this specification does not provide any means or
guarantee of confidentiality.
Appendix A. Contributors
The SCIM Community would like to thank the following people for the
work they've done in the research, formulation, drafting, editing,
and support of this specification.
Morteza Ansari (morteza.ansari@cisco.com)
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Sidharth Choudhury (schoudhury@salesforce.com)
Samuel Erdtman (samuel@erdtman.se)
Kelly Grizzle (kelly.grizzle@sailpoint.com)
Chris Phillips (cjphillips@gmail.com)
Erik Wahlstroem (erik.wahlstrom@nexussafe.com)
Special thanks to Joeseph Smarr, who's excellent work on the Portable
Contacts Specification [PortableContacts] provided a basis for the
SCIM schema structure and text.
14. Normative References
[PortableContacts]
Smarr, J., "Portable Contacts 1.0 Draft C - Schema Only",
August 2008.
[RFC2119] Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
[1] <http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/>
[2] <http://www.json.org/>
[3] <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4512>
[4] <http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/code_list.php>
[5] <http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166_code_lists/
country_names_and_code_elements.htm>
[6] <http://www.twinsun.com/tz/tz-link.htm>
[7] <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3966>
Authors' Addresses
Chuck Mortimore (editor)
Salesforce.com
Email: cmortimore@salesforce.com
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Patrick Harding
Ping Identity
Email: pharding@pingidentity.com
Paul Madsen
Ping Identity
Email: pmadsen@pingidentity.com
Trey Drake
UnboundID
Email: trey.drake@unboundid.com
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