Liberty Alliance Specifications - Support Documents and Utility Schema Files

This list identifies all the support documents and utility schema files used in the various Liberty Alliance Specifications.

liberty-support-1.1-20050520.zip : contains all final Liberty Alliance Supporting documents.
liberty-support-2.0-20070709.zip : contains all final and draft WSF 2.0 Liberty Alliance Supporting documents and White Papers.

Liberty Glossary
liberty-glossary-v2.0.pdf : Contains important terms, abbreviations and acronyms used in the Liberty specifications and a web-readable version.
liberty-glossary-v1.4.pdf : Contains important terms, abbreviations and acronyms used in the Liberty specifications.

Liberty Trust Model Guidelines
liberty-trust-models-guidelines-v1.0.pdf : A non-normative document intended to provide guidance on a variety of models that can be applied to establish trust among Liberty components.

Liberty Metadata Description and Discovery Specification
liberty-metadata-v1.1.pdf : Describes metadata, protocols for obtaining metadata, and resolution methods for discovering the location of metadata.
draft-liberty-metadata-v2.0-02.pdf : Describes draft metadata, protocols for obtaining metadata, and resolution methods for discovering the location of metadata.
- liberty-metadata-v1.1.xsd : The XSD Schema that accompanies the Liberty Metadata Specification.
- liberty-metadata-v2.0.xsd : The XSD Schema that accompanies the draft Liberty Metadata Specification.
- liberty-idff-wsdl-v1.1.wsdl : A WSDL document describing the ID-FF web services available at a provider's metadata SOAP endpoint.

Liberty Authentication Context Specification
liberty-authentication-context-v1.3.pdf : Defines the authentication context schema, which is used to communicate information about an authentication event.
draft-liberty-authentication-context-v2.0-01.pdf : Defines the draft authentication context schema, which is used to communicate information about an authentication event.
- liberty-authentication-context-v1.3.xsd : The XSD Schema that accompanies the Liberty Authentication Context Specification.
- liberty-authentication-context-v2.0.xsd : The draft XSD Schema that accompanies the Liberty Authentication Context Specification.

Liberty Reverse HTTP Binding for SOAP Specification
liberty-paos-v1.1.pdf : Specifies a binding that enables HTTP clients to expose services using the SOAP protocol, where a SOAP request is bound to an HTTP response, and a SOAP response is bound to an HTTP request.
liberty-paos-v2.0.pdf : Specifies a binding that enables HTTP clients to expose services using the SOAP protocol, where a SOAP request is bound to an HTTP response, and a SOAP response is bound to an HTTP request.
- liberty-paos-v1.1.xsd : The XML Schema that accompanies the Liberty Reverse HTTP Binding for SOAP Specification
- liberty-paos-v2.0.xsd : The XML Schema that accompanies the Liberty Reverse HTTP Binding for SOAP Specification

Liberty Alliance Privacy and Security Best Practices Document
final_privacy_security_best_practices.pdf : Highlights certain national privacy laws, fair information practices and implementation guidance for organizations using the Liberty Alliance specifications. A French translation of this document is also available.
Cross Operation of Single Sign-On, Federation, and Identity Web Services Frameworks
liberty-cross-framework-v1.1.pdf
Access to Identity-Enabled Web Services in Cross-Border, Inter-Federation Scenarios
access-to-identity-enabled-services-in-inter-cot-scenarios-v1.0.pdf

Utility XSD schemata are provided for common type definitions and elements that are used in several of the Liberty specifications.

This folder contains information and links to developer resources, feedback mechanisms, and policies associated with the Liberty specifications.