Overview#

SCIM 2.0 was completed in September 2015 as an update to System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM)

SCIM 2.0 is defined in:

• RFC 7643 (SCIM Core Schema)
• RFC 7644 (SCIM Protocol)
• RFC 7642 (SCIM Use Cases)

Features of SCIM 2.0#

• Has an Extensible, Robust Schema Model
• Focus on JSON and XML was dropped as too difficult.
• allows service providers to offer new resources beyond just Users and Groups.
• has a new PATCH command that is now based on RFC 6902 known as JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Patch
• does NOT do authentication but uses all of the HTTP standard authentication schemes including OAuth 2.0
• supports searching by using the HTTP POST method and a "/.search"!! More Information

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Complex Attribute
• Reference
• SCIM
• SCIM 2.0
• SCIM Available Endpoints
• SCIM Core Schema
• SCIM Protocol
• SCIM Replace Request
• SCIM Use Cases
• System for Cross-domain Identity Management