All profiles (in the Profile Specification) depend on the involvement of a browser - True or False?

Hi 
Folks,

 

A while 
back Scott Cantor wrote this:

 

At 
the end of the day, if your sentence 
starts with "I don't have a browser..." and your use case isn't simple 
SAML queries, you may as well not look at 
the profiles document, apart from as a 
source of inspiration.

 

I 
interpreted that to mean that all profiles listed in the profiles 
specification depend on the involvement of a browser.  Have I 
misinterpreted Scott's statement?

 

The 
reason I ask is that I am looking at the Name Identifier Mapping Profile 
(section 7 of the Profile Specification) and there doesn't seem to be a browser 
involved.  That is, the SP interacts directly with the 
IdP.

 

Question: do all profiles listed in the Profiles Specification 
depend on the involvement of a browser?

 

Thanks.  /Roger