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Subject: RE: [saml-dev] Which version to use?

From: "Reid, Irving" <irving.reid@hp.com>
To: "Kapil Sachdeva" <ksachdeva@sbcglobal.net>,"Scott Cantor" <cantor.2@osu.edu>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:09:06 -0500

> From: Kapil Sachdeva [mailto:ksachdeva@sbcglobal.net] 
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> Scott, I am also sure vendors will implement both as they 
> will be left with no other choice like having a merge of SAML 
> & Liberty standard into one.

SAMLv2 *is* the merge of SAML and Liberty ID-FF standards into one. That is why Liberty contributed their ID-FF work to OASIS; both organizations agreed that it would be best to move to a single standard, managed by an acknowledged public standards body.

 - irving -