Conclusion

Standards such as XML Encryption, XML Signature, SAML, SPML, and XACML are important factors in the interoperability of components in an enterprise-wide digital identity infrastructure. The wide-scale use of standardized languages by vendors of products that operate at various phases of the identity lifecycle will do much to automate the routine operational tasks of identity management.

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