SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language), a product of the OASIS Security Services Technical Committee, is an XML-based standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between security domains. At a concept level, SAML defines how an opaque structure with no discernible identifiers can be used among providers to represent a security principal.
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About The Author
Frank Teti is a Senior Architect/Manager at TMNA Services. Previously, Mr. Teti was a Senior BPM Architect with Pegasystems and in the SOA practice at Oracle (formerly with BEA Systems). He can be reached at frank.teti at tmnas.com.
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