Sun Java System Access Manager 7 2005Q4 Federation and SAML Administration Guide

Affiliation

An affiliation is a group of providers formed without regard to a particular authentication domain. An affiliation is formed and maintained by an affiliation owner. Members of an affiliation may invoke services either as a member of the affiliation (by virtue of their Affiliation ID) or individually (by virtue of their Provider ID). An affiliation document describes a group of providers. See Chapter 3, Federation for more information.