---
schema-version: v1.2.9
id: OASISWS-Federation-v1.2
title:
- content: Web Services Federation Language (WS-Federation) v1.2
  language:
  - en
  script:
  - Latn
  format: text/plain
  type: main
link:
- content: http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsfed/federation/v1.2/os/ws-federation-1.2-spec-os.html
  type: src
- content: http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsfed/federation/v1.2/os/ws-federation-1.2-spec-os.pdf
  type: pdf
- content: http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsfed/federation/v1.2/os/ws-federation-1.2-spec-os.doc
  type: doc
- content: http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsfed/federation/200706
  type: src
type: standard
docid:
- id: OASIS WS-Federation-v1.2
  type: OASIS
  primary: true
docnumber: WS-Federation-v1.2
date:
- type: issued
  value: '2009-05-01'
contributor:
- organization:
    name:
    - content: OASIS
    contact:
    - uri: https://www.oasis-open.org/
  role:
  - description:
    - content: Standards Development Organization
    type: authorizer
  - type: publisher
- organization:
    name:
    - content: OASIS Web Services Federation (WSFED) TC
    contact:
    - uri: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/wsfed
  role:
  - description:
    - content: Committee
    type: authorizer
language:
- en
script:
- Latn
abstract:
- content: |-
    Defines mechanisms to allow different security realms to federate, such that authorized access to resources managed in one realm can be provided to security principals whose identities and attributes are managed in other realms.   This includes mechanisms for brokering of identity, attribute, authentication and authorization assertions between realms, and privacy of federated claims.
    By using the XML, SOAP and WSDL extensibility models, the WS-* specifications are designed to be composed with each other to provide a rich Web services environment. WS-Federation by itself does not provide a complete security solution for Web services.  WS-Federation is a building block that is used in conjunction with other Web service, transport, and application-specific protocols to accommodate a wide variety of security models.
  language:
  - en
  script:
  - Latn
  format: text/plain
doctype:
  type: standard
editorialgroup:
- name: OASIS Web Services Federation (WSFED) TC
ext:
  schema-version: v1.0.1
technology_area:
- Web-Services