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1. Terminology and Typographical 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.
   Text in Italics is non-normative. All other text is normative unless otherwise stated.
   All normative parts of the profile is governed by the SWAMID Board of Trustees.
   The non-normative (guidance) is maintained by the SWAMID operations team.
   
   

   1. Definition of terminology

      Home Organisation: The SWAMID Member Organisation with which a Subject is affiliated, operating the Identity Provider by itself or through a third party.

      Member Organisation: Used in this document as a synonym for Home Organisation

      Subject: any natural person affiliated with a Home Organisation, e.g. as a teacher, researcher, staff or student.

      Identity Provider (IdP): The system component that issues Attribute assertions on behalf of Subjects who use them to access the services of Relying Party.

      Relying Party (RP): A Service that relies upon a Subject’s credentials, typically to process a transaction or grant access to information or a system. Also called a Service Provider (SP). 

      Second factor: A Single-Factor that is used in addition to a memorised secret, e.g. a password, to create a Multi-Factor login. // A second independent factor that is used in addition to the subject's first factor, for example a memorised secret (e.g. a password), in order to provide the subject the ability to use multi-factor authentication.

      Full multi-factor: A Multi-Factor that in itself uses more than on authentication factor type, e.g. a smart card, to create a Multi-Factor login. // A complete new set of credentials assigned to the subject in order to provide the subject the ability to use multi-factor authentication. This new set of credentials is by itself composed of at least two independent factors (e.g. a smart card) and does not depend in any way on for example a memorised secret (e.g. a password) belonging to the subject.

2. Purpose, Scope and Summary 

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