Programming/IAM

Identity and Access Management

Authentication	Authorization
credential validation	permission scope validation

Acronyms

IdP

identity provider

JWT

JSON web token

RP

relaying party, usually used with OIDC and OAuth

SP

service provider, usually used with SAML

XML

extensible markup language

Single Sign-On Authentication

Protocol	Description	Format	Token Terminology
SAML	Security Assertion Markup Language	XML	assertion
OIDC	OpenID Connect, built on OAuth 2.0 authorization protocol	JWT	claim
WS-Fed	WS-Federation, part of the WS-* framework, similar to SAML but not compatible	XML	assertion