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SAML
conceptAuthentication Standard
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Overview
Developed byOASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards)
Maintained byOASIS Security Services Technical Committee
Founded2005
LicenseOpen Standard
Open source✓ Open Source
Use caseSingle Sign-On (SSO) and identity federation
Technical
Protocols
XMLHTTPSHTTPSOAP
Also see
Alternative to
OAuthOpenID ConnectOAuth 2.0
Based onXML
Competes with
Kerberos
Knowledge graph stats
Claims30
Avg confidence93%
Avg freshness99%
Last updatedUpdated 5 days ago
WikidataQ1194694
Trust distribution
100% unverified
Governance
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SAML

concept

Security Assertion Markup Language - XML-based standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data.

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primary use case

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
Single Sign-On (SSO) and identity federation○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication and authorization○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Single Sign-On authentication○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Identity federation○UnverifiedHighFresh1

supports protocol

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
XML○UnverifiedHighFresh1
HTTPS○UnverifiedHighFresh1
HTTP○UnverifiedHighFresh1
SOAP○UnverifiedHighFresh1

based on

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
XML○UnverifiedHighFresh1
XML Signature○UnverifiedHighFresh1
XML Encryption○UnverifiedHighFresh1

developed by

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards)○UnverifiedHighFresh1
OASIS○UnverifiedHighFresh1

license type

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
Open Standard○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Royalty-free○UnverifiedHighFresh1

open source

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
true○UnverifiedHighFresh1

requires

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
Digital certificates○UnverifiedHighFresh1
X.509 certificates○UnverifiedHighFresh1
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

founded year

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
2005○UnverifiedHighFresh1
2001○UnverifiedHighFresh1

maintained by

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
OASIS Security Services Technical Committee○UnverifiedHighFresh1

alternative to

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
OAuth○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
OpenID Connect○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
OAuth 2.0○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

integrates with

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
Okta○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
LDAP○UnverifiedModerateFresh1
Active Directory○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

competes with

ValueTrustConfidenceFreshnessSources
Kerberos○UnverifiedModerateFresh1

Alternatives & Similar Tools

OAuth
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OpenID Connect
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OAuth 2.0
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Kerberos
competes with
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Commonly Used With

OktaLDAPActive Directory

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Claim count: 30Last updated: 4/5/2026Edit history