title: How are attributes mapped between .NET (ADFS / WIF) and Java (Federation)
body: <p>Assume there are two companies: A.NET which is a .NET shop and B.Java which is a Java shop.
  Users in each company need to access the other company's web sites so the two companies set up Federation using ADFS and Oracle Identity Federation or OpenSSO Federation.</p>
  
  <p>In the .NET world, the attributes are accessed as claims inside IClaimsPrincipal and IClaimsIdentity.</p>
  
  <p>In the Java world, the attributes are accessed as HTTP headers.</p>
  
  <p>Does the Federation infrastructure do this mapping automatically i.e. </p>
  
  <p>If a A.NET user accesses a B.Java site do they get their attributes as claims?</p>
  
  <p>If a B.Java user accesses a A.NET site do they get their attributes as headers?</p>