> SAML artifact
>
> A small referential data object referring to another SAML data object,
> typically a SAML protocol message, held by a system entity participating
> in an exchange of SAML protocol messages. The SAML Artifact format
> is defined in the HTTP Artifact binding in [SAMLBind].
One might argue we should have just changed the name of the thing. ;-)
Anyway, FWIW, within SAML 2.0, it *always* refers to a SAML protocol
message, so one might also argue we should just say so, as opposed to
"another SAML data object, typically a..."
-- Scott
