WSFL (Web Services Federation Language)
The set of XML tags and attributes used by WS-Federation for secure exchange of information across a federated network. It allows for the exchange of metadata and the use of pseudonyms and has a sign-out mechanism to signal when it's safe for a receiving application to flush data.
Additional resources
Web Services Federation Language
More detailed overview by IBM. In PDF.
Federation of Identities in a Web Services World
IBM/Microsoft white paper that discusses the issues behind federation. In PDF.
Web services research centerThe latest Web services news and analysis from Network World Fusion.
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