The Federation and SAML Administration Guide contains instructional and conceptual material regarding the Access Manager features based on the Liberty Alliance Project and SAML specifications. The book is organized into the chapters described in the following table.
Table P–1 Chapters in Federation and SAML Administration Guide
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An overview of the specifications developed by the Liberty Alliance Project. |
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Chapter 2, Implementation of the Liberty Alliance Project Specifications |
Contains conceptual material regarding the implementation of the Liberty Alliance Project specifications in Access Manager and its architecture. |
Provides administrative information regarding setting up entities and authentication domains as well as information on extended federation capabilities. |
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Provides information regarding the installation and deployment of the Common Domain Services. |
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Provides information regarding the deployment of the Authentication Web Service. |
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Provides information regarding data services in general and the Liberty Personal Profile Service and Liberty Employee Profile Service in particular. |
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Provides information regarding the administration and deployment of the Discovery Service. |
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Provides information regarding the administration and deployment of the SOAP Binding Service. |
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Provides information regarding the implementation of SAML in Access Manager functions. |
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Provides information regarding the API developed for Access Manager that are based on the Liberty Alliance Project specifications. |
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An appendix that provides information on the samples developed for Access Manager and based on the Liberty Alliance Project specifications. |
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An appendix that contains the XML Schema Definition (XSD) files developed by the Liberty Alliance Project. The XSD files specify the information its corresponding service can host by defining the data and data structure. |