RE: [security-services] SAML is singular

["Chanliau, Marc" <MChanliau@netegrity.com>]

Title: RE: [security-services] SAML is singular

SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) is the name of the framework.

Security Services Technical Committee (SSTC) is where, at OASIS, SAML is defined.

Two different things in my view.

marcc

-----Original Message-----
From: Hal Lockhart [mailto:hal.lockhart@entegrity.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 9:15 AM
To: 'Eve L. Maler'; security-services@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: RE: [security-services] SAML is singular

I am surprised by this. This happened while I was on vacation and I guess I never read the minutes that closely when I got back. I always assumed we had agreed to name the specification SAML and retain Security Services as the name of the TC, just as it says on the web site.

Hal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eve L. Maler [mailto:eve.maler@sun.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:12 AM
> To: security-services@lists.oasis-open.org
> Subject: [security-services] SAML is singular
>
>
> In looking at the core draft(s), I just realized that there's
> one change
> that needs to be made on the title page and a few other
> locations.  On
> February 20, we voted to ""Accept SAML (Security Assertion
> Markup Language)
> as the name of this working group":
>
>   
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/security-services/200102/
> msg00052.html
>
> The singular usage is also borne out by other mentions in the
> email archive
> (there is only one mention of the plural usage that I can
> find, in the
> minutes of F2F #3).  I'm assuming that we meant to name our
> specs in the
> singular.
>
>       Eve
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