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Attribute
Attribute-Based Authorization
Wiki page: Submitted by carolgeyer on Wed, 2007-12-12 23:07. Last updated on Wed, 2007-12-12 23:10.
SAML is being applied in a number of different ways, one of which is Attribute-based authorization.
Assertions
Wiki page: Submitted by carolgeyer on Wed, 2007-12-12 22:03. Last updated on Wed, 2009-11-18 02:46.
SAML is defined in terms of assertions, protocols, bindings, and profiles.
An assertion is a package of information that supplies one or
more statements made by a SAML authority. SAML defines three different
kinds of assertion statement that can be created by a SAML authority: