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SAML is not that common an acronym. Would it have killed to start out with a definition?
by SubiculumCode 7y ago
SAML is not that common an acronym. Would it have killed to start out with a definition?
- forgot-my-pw 7y agoIt's in the 3rd paragraph: Simply put, Security Assertion Markup Language (better known as its acronym, SAML) is a protocol for authenticating to web applications. Federating identities is a common practice that amounts to having user identities stored across discrete applications and organizations. SAML allows these federated apps and organizations to communicate and trust one another’s users.
- commandlinefan 7y agoIt's also an incredibly common acronym.
- SubiculumCode 7y agoI have been a computer nerd (now a neuroscience scientist nerd) for decades. I didn't know SAML.
- SubiculumCode 7y agoThanks. Generally, it is advised to provide the definition the first time you use an acronym.
- lvh 7y agoThe guide does do that, but, regardless: like a lot of acronyms, they've become terms of art and spelling them out is not instantly helpful to people who have used SAML before the way that say, spelling out "ICYMI" or "FYI" would be.