3.3.1.2 WS Resource Abstract Data Model Extensions
Following is a potential representation for a WS resource to organize the data that represents its federation partners. The federation partner record is used, as specified in section 3.1.1.3, with the following restrictions on the range of values for the Role field:
Role: A string field that identifies the role (or roles) played by the partner and thus the types of protocol messages that it can send or receive. The only possible value for this field is resource IP/STS.