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{{Short description|Technical standard for authentication and authorization}}

'''Security Assertion Markup Language''' ('''SAML''', pronounced ''SAM-el'', {{IPAc-en|ˈ|s|æ|m|əl}})<ref name="ISnTY">{{cite web|url=http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/SAML.html |title=What is SAML? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary |date=25 June 2002 |publisher=Webopedia.com |access-date=2013-09-21}}</ref> is an [[open standard]] for exchanging [[authentication]] and [[authorization]] data between parties, in particular, between an [[identity provider (SAML)|identity provider]] and a [[service provider (SAML)|service provider]]. SAML is an [[XML]]-based [[markup language]] for security assertions (statements that service providers use to make access-control decisions). SAML is also:

* A set of XML-based protocol messages

* A set of protocol message bindings