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SAML Profiles and Extensions


Public Review of SAML Profiles and Extensions

Subject:   Public Review of SAML Profiles and Extensions
From:      "Mary McRae" <mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org>
To:        <members@lists.oasis-open.org>,
           <tc-announce@lists.oasis-open.org>
Date:      Thu, 11 May 2006 10:48:56 -0700
To: OASIS Members, public announce lists

The OASIS Security Services TC recently has approved the following specification(s) as Committee Draft(s) and approved the package for public review:

  • Metadata Profile for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
  • SAML Attribute Sharing Profile for X.509 Authentication-Based Systems
  • SAML XPath Attribute Profile
  • SAML Metadata Extension for Query Requesters
  • SAML Protocol Extension for Third-Party Requests

The public review starts today, 11 May 2006, and ends 10 July 2006. This is an open invitation to comment.

Public review from potential users, developers and stakeholders is an important part of the OASIS process to assure interoperability and quality. Comments are solicited from all interested parties. Please feel free to distribute this announcement within your organization and to other appropriate mail lists.

More non-normative information about the specification and the technical committee may be found at the public home page of the TC at:

    http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=security

Comments may be submitted to the TC by any person, by a web-form that can be reached either on that page, via the button marked "Send A Comment" at the top of that page, or directly at:

    http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/comments/form.php?wg_abbrev=security

Submitted comments (for this work as well as other works of that TC) are publicly archived and can be viewed at:

    http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/security-services-comment/

All comments submitted to OASIS are subject to the OASIS Feedback License, to assure that the comment may be freely re-used by the TC; the license terms can be found on the comment web-form.

The specification document and related files are available here:

1. Metadata Profile for the OASIS Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) V1.x

PDF: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18043/sstc-saml1x-metadata-cd-01.pdf
HTML: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18045/sstc-saml1x-metadata-cd-01.html
OpenDocument: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18046/sstc-saml1x-metadata-cd-01.odt
Schema: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18048/sstc-saml1x-metadata.xsd

2. SAML Attribute Sharing Profile for X.509 Authentication-Based Systems

PDF: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18058/sstc-saml-x509-authn-attrib-profile-cd-02.pdf
HTML: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18056/sstc-saml-x509-authn-attrib-profile-cd-02.html
OpenDocument: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18057/sstc-saml-x509-authn-attrib-profile-cd-02.odt

3. SAML XPath Attribute Profile

PDF: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18061/sstc-saml-xpath-attribute-profile-cd-01.pdf
HTML: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18059/sstc-saml-xpath-attribute-profile-cd-01.html
OpenDocument: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18060/sstc-saml-xpath-attribute-profile-cd-01.odt
Schema: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18063/sstc-saml-xpath-attribute-profile.xsd

4. SAML Metadata Extension for Query Requesters

PDF: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18052/sstc-saml-metadata-ext-query-cd-01.pdf
HTML: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18050/sstc-saml-metadata-ext-query-cd-01.html
OpenDocument: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18051/sstc-saml-metadata-ext-query-cd-01.odt
Schema: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18062/sstc-saml-metadata-ext-query.xsd

5. SAML Protocol Extension for Third-Party Requests

PDF: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18055/sstc-saml-protocol-ext-thirdparty-cd-01.pdf
HTML: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18053/sstc-saml-protocol-ext-thirdparty-cd-01.html
OpenDocument: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/18054/sstc-saml-protocol-ext-thirdparty-cd-01.odt

OASIS and the Security Services Technical Committee welcome your comments.

Mary P McRae
Manager of TC Administration, OASIS
Email: mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org
OASIS Symposium: The Meaning of Interoperability, 9-12 May, San Francisco
http://www.oasis-open.org/events/symposium_2006/


Prepared by Robin Cover for The XML Cover Pages archive. General references in "Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)."


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