SAML Browser Artifact Protocol

For the SAML browser artifact protocol, the Federation Web Services application includes the following services:

Assertion Retrieval Service (SAML 1.x)--A producer site component. This service handles a SAML request for the assertion that corresponds to a SAML artifact by retrieving the assertion from the SiteMinder session server. The assertion retrieval request and response behavior is defined by the SAML specification.
Note: The assertion retrieval service is used only by the SAML artifact profile, not by the SAML POST profile.
Session Synchronization (SAML 1.x)--A producer site component that validates and terminates sessions for the SAML Affiliate Agent (A SiteMinder value-added service, supported by a standards-based SOAP RPC mechanism)
Notification Alert (SAML 1.x)--A producer site component that logs resource access notification events for the SAML Affiliate Agent (A SiteMinder value-added service, supported by a standards-based SOAP RPC mechanism)
SAML Credential Collector (SAML 1.x)--A consumer site component that receives a SAML artifact or an HTTP form with an embedded SAML response and obtains the corresponding SAML assertion. The credential collector issues SiteMinder cookies to a user's browser.
Intersite Transfer Service (SAML 1.x)--For SAML POST profile, a producer site component that transfers a user from the producer site to a consumer site. For SAML artifact profile, the same function is performed by the Web Agent, which acts as the Intersite Transfer Service.