Sun Java System Access Manager 7.1 Federation and SAML Administration Guide

Queries

A requesting party uses AuthenticationQuery, AttributeQuery, and AuthorizationDecisionQuery tags within a <samlp:Request> to ask for assertions about a particular entity from a SAML authority. Following is an example request containing an attribute query.


<samlp:Request
xmlns:samlp="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:protocol"
RequestID="s9c4a43c0265e904ca86f43c3e30034dd56582a79"
MajorVersion="1" MinorVersion="1"
IssueInstant="2006-01-09T11:33:48Z">
  <samlp:AttributeQuery>
   <saml:Subject xmlns:saml="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:1.1:assertion">
   <saml:NameIdentifier NameQualifier="dc=example,dc=com">uid=amadmin,dc=example,dc=com</saml:NameIdentifier>
   <saml:SubjectConfirmation>
   <saml:ConfirmationMethod>urn:com:sun:identity</saml:ConfirmationMethod>
   <saml:SubjectConfirmationData>
   </saml:SubjectConfirmationData>
   </saml:SubjectConfirmation>
   </saml:Subject>
  </samlp:AttributeQuery>
</samlp:Request>