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-----Original Message-----
From: Hallam-Baker, Phillip [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 8:00 AM
To: DeSouza, Edwin; Gavenraj Sodhi;
Cc: ; ;
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Subject: RE: Base SPML on SAML rather than DSML?
I would strongly suggest you look at the use of the SAML 'Assertion'
framework as a means of packaging SPML statements. The assertion package
provides a common framework for managing assertion statements which can be
wrapped arround any form of statement.
It would certainly be very convenient if SPML specified a means of
provisioning an abstract SAML assertion. Then SPML could be used to
provision any SAML assertion or assertion that uses the SAML assertion
framework.
Phill
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeSouza, Edwin [mailto:]
> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2002 9:25 PM
> To: Gavenraj Sodhi;
> Cc: ; ;
> ; ; ;
>
> Subject: Base SPML on SAML rather than DSML?
>
>
> Darran, Gavenraj,
> I see a lot of discussion on using DSML as the basis for SPML.
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/provision/200207/maillist.html
>
> DSML is one possible starting point (Directories keep User
> Profiles, etc
> --AND-- DSML is supposed to make directories talk to each other).
>
> On the other hand, SAML is supposed to be able to transport
> all kinds of
> "interesting" user profile info among various
> sites/companies/applications/etc. And, given that Project Liberty is
> using SAML, and maybe WS-Security will be friendly to SAML,
> then in all
> likelihood SAML will have a much more widespead usage than DSML.
>
> That being the case ... it would be interesting to think about using
> SAML as the basis for SPML.
>
> Maybe someone more technical/knowledgeable than me can start a
> discussion on this at SPML.
>
> bye,
> Edwin.
>
