Choosing the right SAML metadata URL

SWAMID publishes multiple metadata-streams. Choose the right metadata according to the following process.



Recommendations

  • All Identity Providers and Service Providers that are able to use the Metadata Query Protocol (MDQ) shall use that protocol instead of downloading metadata aggregates.
    • Point your SAML implementation MDQ base url against https://mds.swamid.se/.
  • Service Providers (SP) that can't use the MDQ service should use the swamid-idp-transitive metadata feed:
  • Identity Providers that can't use the MDQ service use the swamid-sp-transitive metadata feed metadata feed: