RFC 7832 · INFORMATIONAL · 2016

Application Bridging for Federated Access Beyond Web Use Cases

Overview

RFC 7832, “Application Bridging for Federated Access Beyond Web Use Cases”, is an Informational document published in May 2016 by R. Smith. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

Federated identity is typically associated with web-based services at present, but there is growing interest in its application in non-web-based contexts. The goal of this memo is to document a selection of the wide variety of these contexts whose user experience could be improved through the use of technologies based on the Application Bridging for Federated Access Beyond web (ABFAB) architecture and specifications.

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Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.

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