RE: [saml-dev] Which version to use?

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Beach, Michael C <>
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2004-11-08T23:53:34+00:00
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RE: [saml-dev] Which version to use?
Just to emphasize Irving's point.  The Liberty Alliance states no more
work will be done on ID-FF because it has been turned over to OASIS.  I
don't mean this in a derogatory way, but ID-FF is effectively a "dead
end".  Yes it works, yes it was quality work, yes it benefited the
industry, but I personally don't see why a new project would consider
using ID-FF over SAMLv2 (unless you are deploying NOW and need concrete
stable standards NOW).  The future along this path is SAMLv2.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Reid, Irving [mailto:] 
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 2:09 PM
To: Kapil Sachdeva; Scott Cantor
Cc: 
Subject: RE: [saml-dev] Which version to use?

> From: Kapil Sachdeva [mailto:]
...
> Scott, I am also sure vendors will implement both as they will be left

> with no other choice like having a merge of SAML & Liberty standard 
> into one.

SAMLv2 *is* the merge of SAML and Liberty ID-FF standards into one. That
is why Liberty contributed their ID-FF work to OASIS; both organizations
agreed that it would be best to move to a single standard, managed by an
acknowledged public standards body.

 - irving -