A manner of speaking distinct to a certain group of people. Often used as a test to ensure or check someones identity. (Schweizerdeutsches Example: Chuchichästli)

Open-Source project for management of federated IDs.

Its job is to share resources across domains:

• E-Learning
• Libraries and website access
• Local public WLAN access

It’s based on SAML.

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)

SAML includes:

• Assertions and Protocols
• Bindings
• Profiles
• Metadata
• Authentication Context

and more…

Transport via HTTP POST request or XML-encoded SOAP messages.