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Revision as of 23:39, 14 March 2005 by Jayjg (talk | contribs) (genaral->general)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Federated Identity has two general 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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