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'''Federated Identity''' has two meanings really. '''Federated Identity''' has two genaral meanings:
* On the one hand it is the virtual reunion of a person's user information (or ]), stored across multiple ] systems. This information is ] together by use of a user's name. * The the virtual reunion, or ''assembled identity'' of a person's user information (or ]), stored across multiple distinct ] systems. Data is ] together by use of the common token, usually the user name.
* On the other hand it relates to a user's ] across multiple IT systems or even organisations. * The process of a user's ] across multiple IT systems or even organisations.


For example, a traveler could be a flight passenger as well as a hotel guest. If the airline and the hotel use a federated identity management system, they mutually trust eachother's ] of the user. In effect, the traveler could identify as a customer for booking the flight and this identity can be used for the reservation of a hotel room. For example, a traveler could be a flight passenger as well as a hotel guest. If the airline and the hotel use a federated identity management system, this means that they have a contracted mutual trust in each other's ] of the user. The traveler could identify themselves once as a customer for booking the flight and this identity can be carried over to be used for the reservation of a hotel room.


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Federated Identity has two genaral meanings:

  • The the virtual reunion, or assembled identity of a person's user information (or principal), stored across multiple distinct identity management systems. Data is joined together by use of the common token, usually the user name.
  • The process of a user's authentication across multiple IT systems or even organisations.

For example, a traveler could be a flight passenger as well as a hotel guest. If the airline and the hotel use a federated identity management system, this means that they have a contracted mutual trust in each other's authentication of the user. The traveler could identify themselves once as a customer for booking the flight and this identity can be carried over to be used for the reservation of a hotel room.

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