The Federation Manager documentation set contains the following titles:
The Sun Java System Federation Manager 7 Release Notes will be available online after the product is released. It gathers an assortment of last-minute information, including a description of what is new in this current release, known problems and limitations, installation notes, and how to report issues with the software or the documentation.
The Sun Java System Federation Manager 7 User's Guide (this guide) is the core manual for Federation Manager. It includes instructions on how to install Federation Manager and information on how to use the console and manage the meta data. It also includes some basic deployment information and describes the samples included with Federation Manager.
The Sun Java System Federation Manager 7 Java API Reference are generated from Java code using the JavaDoc tool. The pages provide information on the implementation of the Java packages in Federation Manager.
The Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Federation and SAML Administration Guide provides information about the features in Access Manager that are based on the Liberty Alliance Project and SAML specifications. Because Access Manager is also based on these specifications and might be used with Federation Manager, this guide provides useful information for a Federation Manager deployment.
Updates to the Release Notes and links to modifications of the core documentation can be found on the Federation Manager documentation page. Updated documents will be marked with a revision date.