Marine Biological Laboratory

Marine Biological Laboratory Federated Single Sign-On Service

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Verify users from Marine Biological Laboratory

Marine Biological Laboratory is a member of InCommon, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with Marine Biological Laboratory by having them sign in with their Marine Biological Laboratory account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.

Persistent identifiers
No
Country
United States
Federation
InCommon

Institution details

Organization
Marine Biological Laboratory
Description
Marine Biological Laboratory Federated Single Sign-On Service
Country
United States
SAML Entity ID
https://idp.mbl.edu/idp/shibboleth
Federation
InCommon

SAML capabilities

NameID formats
Not advertised
Entity categories
registered-by-incommon
Single logout
Not advertised

Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I verify that someone is affiliated with Marine Biological Laboratory?

Yes. Marine Biological Laboratory participates in InCommon, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their Marine Biological Laboratory account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.

Does Marine Biological Laboratory support persistent identifiers?

Not necessarily. Marine Biological Laboratory does not advertise a NameID format, so identifiers are likely to be transient (per-login). authIdentifier may be null — you can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.

Which country is Marine Biological Laboratory in?

Marine Biological Laboratory is located in United States.

How do I verify students from Marine Biological Laboratory?

Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at Marine Biological Laboratory. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.

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Start the demo and authenticate with Marine Biological Laboratory, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.

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