Identification

        Refers to those characteristics that describe the
        processes and mechanisms
        the Authentication Authority uses to initially create
        an association between a Principal
        and the identity (or name) by which the Principal will
        be known
      

Element information

Content

• Sequence [1..1]
  1. PhysicalVerification [0..1] This element indicates that identification has been performed in a physical face-to-face meeting with the principal and not in an online manner.
  2. WrittenConsent [0..1]
  3. GoverningAgreements [0..1] Provides a mechanism for linking to external (likely human readable) documents in which additional business agreements, (e.g. liability constraints, obligations, etc) can be placed.
  4. Extension [0..*]

Attributes

Used in

• Type AuthnContextDeclarationBaseType (Element AuthenticationContextDeclaration)

Sample instance

<Identification>
   <PhysicalVerification/>
   <WrittenConsent>
      <Extension>
         <!--any element-->
      </Extension>
   </WrittenConsent>
   <GoverningAgreements>
      <GoverningAgreementRef governingAgreementRef="http://www.example.com/"/>
   </GoverningAgreements>
   <Extension>
      <!--any element-->
   </Extension>
</Identification>