Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)
is an Open XML Based standard used to implementing Claim Based
Authentication. It provides a set of protocols to exchange security tokens
between applications and services in XML format.
As part of the SAML XML message we can pass attributes to the target application/service, example of attributes are Name, email, SSN, etc, this provides additional information about the user to the target application/service. The role of the user can also be passed as an attribute, so that the target application/service can provide limited services to the user based on the role attribute.
