Proposal for SAML Adoption Subcommittee

["Maxim, Merritt" <Merritt.Maxim@ca.com>]

As follow-up from Tuesday’s call, here is the formal proposal for the creation of a SAML Adoption Subcommittee.  This will discussed on the Sept. 13 concall

 

Rgds,

 

Merritt

 

SAML Adoption Subcommittee

The primary purpose of the OASIS SAML Adoption subcommittee is to promote the adoption of the SAML standard within large organizations. 

The SAML Adoption subcommittee will achieve this by recommending and executing on a marketing plan and coordinating efforts with the SAML SSTC.

Initially the SAML Adoption subcommittee will promote the work of the SAML Specification release(s) and will align with ongoing SAML technical efforts post release of the SAML Specification(s).

The scope of the OASIS SAML Adoption Subcommittee is to create and coordinate member communications and outbound communications. The Adoption Subcommittee shall supervise press and analyst relations such as briefings, releases, and announcements to promote the adoption of SAML for identity federation. It shall manage communications to OASIS SAML members and end-users and recruit new members through the OASIS SAML website, collateral, newsletters, and webinars. 

To promote SAML positioning and the value proposition, the Adoption Subcommittee shall update existing white papers, FAQs, overview documents and user scenarios as well as create new materials as needed. The Adoption Subcommittee will also establish relationships with other organizations concerned with federated identity to ensure inclusion of SAML when appropriate. This Subcommittee will also assist in coordinating the promotional efforts of member companies relating to SAML.

List of Deliverables

1.    .White papers and/or presentations on issued SAML Specifications (SAML 1.1 & 2.0)

· Implementation experiences and customer use cases

· Understanding SAML technical capabilities

· Understanding relevance of SAML standard for business people (e.g. non-technical personnel)

· Relation of SAML to other Security Standards such as WS-Security, WS-SecureConversation, WS-Federation, etc.

· Provide marketing support for SAML interoperability events 

2.  PR plan, within three months

3.  Optionally:

   · Press kit

   · Media Database

   · Editorial calendar to track and pursue upcoming articles on a routine basis 

   · Speech/Presentationcalendar

   · Press/Analyst outreach program

   · User scenarios revision

   · Fact sheets

   · FAQs

Audience

We anticipate the work of the OASIS SAML Adoption subcommittee will be used by a number of groups to learn more about SAML:

   · End users

   · Technology Product Vendors

   · Technology Service Vendors

   · Potential members

   · Media and industry analysts

   · Other complementary standards groups

   · OASIS organization

The subcommittee will conduct its business in English.

Initial subcommittee chairperson will be Merritt Maxim of CA.

 

 

Merritt S. Maxim

Computer Associates

Sr. Product Marketing Manager-Web Services

201 Jones Rd. 5th Floor

Waltham, MA 02451

Tel:  +1 781 530 6220

Fax: +1 781 487 0515

Mobile +1 617 549 1332

merritt.maxim@ca.com