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		This is a Shibboleth IdP for the Higher Education Funding Council for England.
	-->
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    <ArtifactResolutionService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:SOAP" Location="https://hefce-shib.hefce.ac.uk:8443/idp/profile/SAML2/SOAP/ArtifactResolution" index="2"/>
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    <NameIDFormat>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:transient</NameIDFormat>
    <SingleSignOnService Binding="urn:mace:shibboleth:1.0:profiles:AuthnRequest" Location="https://hefce-shib.hefce.ac.uk/idp/profile/Shibboleth/SSO"/>
    <SingleSignOnService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST" Location="https://hefce-shib.hefce.ac.uk/idp/profile/SAML2/POST/SSO"/>
    <SingleSignOnService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-POST-SimpleSign" Location="https://hefce-shib.hefce.ac.uk/idp/profile/SAML2/POST-SimpleSign/SSO"/>
    <SingleSignOnService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:HTTP-Redirect" Location="https://hefce-shib.hefce.ac.uk/idp/profile/SAML2/Redirect/SSO"/>
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    <Extensions>
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    </Extensions>
    <KeyDescriptor use="signing">
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    </KeyDescriptor>
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    <AttributeService Binding="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:bindings:SOAP" Location="https://hefce-shib.hefce.ac.uk:8443/idp/profile/SAML2/SOAP/AttributeQuery"/>
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    <NameIDFormat>urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:nameid-format:transient</NameIDFormat>
  </AttributeAuthorityDescriptor>
  <Organization>
    <OrganizationName xml:lang="en">Higher Education Funding Council for England</OrganizationName>
    <OrganizationDisplayName xml:lang="en">Higher Education Funding Council for England</OrganizationDisplayName>
    <OrganizationURL xml:lang="en">http://www.hefce.ac.uk/</OrganizationURL>
  </Organization>
  <ContactPerson contactType="support">
    <GivenName>Gareth</GivenName>
    <SurName>Edwards</SurName>
    <EmailAddress>mailto:g.edwards@hefce.ac.uk</EmailAddress>
  </ContactPerson>
  <ContactPerson contactType="technical">
    <GivenName>Gareth</GivenName>
    <SurName>Edwards</SurName>
    <EmailAddress>mailto:g.edwards@hefce.ac.uk</EmailAddress>
  </ContactPerson>
</EntityDescriptor>