SAML Elevator Speech

Hi Folks,

 

I am trying to boil down SAML to its essence.  Below is
what I’ve come up with.  

 

SAML Elevator Speech

 

A service provider can ask an authority one of these
questions:

 

 
Have you authenticated this
     ____ subject?

 
For this ____ subject, what are
     his values for these ____ attributes?

 
Should this ____ subject be
     allowed to take these ____ actions on this ____ resource?

 

 

An authority can make these statements (assertions):

 

 
This ____ subject was
     authenticated on this ____ datetime, using this ____ mechanism.

 
This ____ subject has this ____
     value for this ____ attribute.

 
For this ____ subject, taking
     this ____ action on this ____ resource, the decision is ____.

 

 

Is this an accurate assessment of what you can do with SAML? 
Is it complete?  /Roger