Identity Assurance and Trust Frameworks
The
following diagram illustrates how a consumer can use credentials
issued by an Identity Provider that is trusted by the Service Provider
to authenticate his/her identity. The Service Provider relies on
an identity assertion issued by the trusted Identity Provider to decide
whether the consumer's claim of identity is valid. The trust
relationship between the Service Provider / Relying Party and the
Identity Provider is established by the rules and criteria specified by the trust framework accepted by each.
See additional references under Identity Assurance Links.