various nameid formats

[John Dennis]

On 03/21/2017 01:33 PM, Cantor, Scott wrote:
> The only existing Formats are all defined in the SAML specification
> and all but transient and persistent are simply historical and have
> no real value or definition to them.

It seems like statements such as "XXX is in the SAML spec but is a 
historical artifact that is not utilized in contemporary deployments" 
show up on the list from time to time.

For some of us who are relatively new to SAML and often rely on the SAML 
specs for our understanding of the technology we lack the context to 
know what part of the specs are historical baggage or are too under 
specified to be useful. Is information of this nature collected 
somewhere? It would really help inform some of our decisions.

-- 
John