SAML Architecture
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Internal
Domain Model
SAML is specified by the following domain model:
Credential Collector
A system object that collects user credentials to authenticate with the associated Authentication Authority, Attribute Authority, and Policy Decision Point.
Authentication Authority
A system entity that produces authentication assertions.
Session Authority
A system entity (for example, [[SAML Concepts#Identity_Provider|Identity Provider) that plays the role of maintaining the state related to the session.