> 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?
Yeah, since I said "and your use case isn't simple SAML queries".
> 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.
I overlooked it, but it's analagous to a query, and it's a very little used
profile.
-- Scott