SAML

Security Assertion Markup Language is an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties, in particular, between an identity provider and a service provider. SAML is an XML-based markup language for security assertions (statements that service providers use to make access-control decisions).

Specification

SAML Metadata specification

SSO (Single-sign-on)

Wiki sequence diagram

Roles

• principal

• service provider (SP)

• IDP (Identity provider)