Just to remind myself, the list of claim types and their encodings are listed here at the bottom.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg481769.aspx

Where for example:

i:0#.w|contoso\scicoria

‘i’ = identity, could be ‘c’ for others

# == SPClaimTypes.UserLogonName

. == Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.String

Table for reference:

Table 1. Claim types encoding

Character Claim Type

!

SPClaimTypes.IdentityProvider

”

SPClaimTypes.UserIdentifier

#

SPClaimTypes.UserLogonName

$

SPClaimTypes.DistributionListClaimType

%

SPClaimTypes.FarmId

&

SPClaimTypes.ProcessIdentitySID

‘

SPClaimTypes.ProcessIdentityLogonName

(

SPClaimTypes.IsAuthenticated

)

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.PrimarySid

*

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.PrimaryGroupSid

+

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.GroupSid

-

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Role

.

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Anonymous

/

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Authentication

0

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.AuthorizationDecision

1

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Country

2

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.DateOfBirth

3

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.DenyOnlySid

4

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Dns

5

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Email

6

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Gender

7

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.GivenName

8

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Hash

9

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.HomePhone

<

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Locality

=

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.MobilePhone

>

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Name

?

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.NameIdentifier

@

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.OtherPhone

[

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.PostalCode

\

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.PPID

]

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Rsa

^

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Sid

_

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Spn

`

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.StateOrProvince

a

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.StreetAddress

b

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Surname

c

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.System

d

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Thumbprint

e

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Upn

f

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Uri

g

System.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimTypes.Webpage

Table 2. Claim value types encoding

Character

Claim Type

!

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.Base64Binary

“

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.Boolean

#

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.Date

$

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.Datetime

%

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.DaytimeDuration

&

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.Double

‘

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.DsaKeyValue

(

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.HexBinary

)

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.Integer

*

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.KeyInfo

+

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.Rfc822Name

-

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.RsaKeyValue

.

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.String

/

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.Time

0

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.X500Name

1

Microsoft.IdentityModel.Claims.ClaimValueTypes.YearMonthDuration