Appendix B - Summary table of standards bodies and further information
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Organisation |
Contributors |
Contribution |
Specification or Standard |
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Liberty Alliance |
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Identity Federation Framework Identity Web Services Framework Identity Services Interfaces Specifications |
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Shibboleth |
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Identity Federation in tertiary education community environments |
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OASIS |
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Development and convergence of international standards |
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Microsoft |
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Identity Federation using proprietary framework with open standards specifications. Low-level interoperability through the use of SAML tokens and Web Services. |
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The following papers and documents provide further information on the Liberty Alliance:
- Introduction to the Liberty Alliance Identity Architecture (available from https://www.projectliberty.org/resources/whitepapers/)
- Liberty Alliance Whitepaper: ‘Benefits of Federated Identity to Government (available from https://www.projectliberty.org/resources/whitepapers/Liberty_Government_Business_Benefits.pdf)
- Liberty Alliance Project ‘Frequently Asked Questions (available from http://www.projectliberty.org/about/faq.php)
- Information on Liberty-enabled products is available from http://www.projectliberty.org/about/enabledproducts.php
Information on the Shibboleth Project is available from:
Information on the OASIS Security Services Technical Committee, which is developing SAML, is available from:
Information on Microsoft’s Vision for an Identity Metasystem is available from:
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