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ALSO CALLED: Security Assertion Markup Language, Security Access Markup Language
DEFINITION: SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) standard that allows a user to log on once for affiliated but separate Web sites. SAML is designed for business-to-business(B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions.SAML specifies three components: assertions, protocol, and binding. There are three assertions: authentication, attribute, and authorization. Authenticationassertion  … 
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Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 05 Jun 2009
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SAML DEFINITION (continued): …  validates the user's identity. Attribute assertion contains specific information about the user. And authorization assertion identifies what the user is authorized to do. Protocol defines how SAML asks for and receives assertions. Bindingdefines how SAML message exchanges are mapped to Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) exchanges. SAML works with multipleprotocols including Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), File TransferProtocol (FTP) and also supports SOAP, BizTalk, and Electronic Business XML (ebXML). The Organization for the Advancement of StructuredInformation … 
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