The specifications developed by the Liberty Alliance Project enable individuals and organizations to securely conduct network transactions. The main objectives include:
Serve as open standards for federated identity management and web services.
Support and promote permission-based sharing of personal identity attributes.
Provide a standard for SSO that includes decentralized authentication and authorization for multiple providers.
Create an open network identity infrastructure that supports all current and emerging user agents (also referred to as browsers or wireless browsers).
Enable consumers to protect their network identity information.