The
Oasis international standards body has introduced a new XML.org
online community website dedicated to supporting the
Security Assertion
Markup Language (SAML).
The site will serve as the
official information resource for the SAML Oasis Standard, which
provides an XML-based framework for online partners to exchange
user authentication, entitlement, and attribute information.
Sun Microsystems and Ping Identity will sponsor the interactive
site for the federated identity standard.
"SAML is recognised as the gold standard for federated
identity," said Eve Maler, director of technology in business
alliances at Sun Microsystems.
"Oasis has created SAML XML.org as a way to enable users,
developers, vendors, and other standards efforts from around the
world to share information and learn from one another," said
Maler.
All pages on SAML XML.org are accessible by the public, and
users are encouraged to contribute content. The site features a
wiki knowledgebase of information on using and understanding
SAML.
It also includes sections where readers can post related news,
event information, listings for products and services, links to
white papers, case studies, and other resources. Forums that
support interactive discussions and blogs are also featured.
SAML is a flexible and extensible standard designed to be used
by other standards. The Liberty Alliance, the Internet2 Shibboleth
project, and the WS-Security OASIS Standard have all adopted SAML
to underpin various projects.
SAML XML.org is the newest addition to the XML.org family of
websites devoted to supporting communities around open standards.
Other sites are devoted to BPEL, DITA, ebXML, IDtrust, OpenDocument
and UDDI.
