SAML, developed by the Security Services Technical Committee of the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS), is an XML-based framework for communicating user authentication, entitlement, and attribute information. As its name suggests, SAML allows business entities to make assertions regarding the identity, attributes, and entitlements of a subject (an entity that is often a human user) to other entities, such as a partner company or another enterprise application.
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Businesses currently face the daily challenge of managing content efficiently. These businesses are being flooded with information from web Content Management Systems (CMS) that present an all-too-simple picture. Instead, content management systems should solve the problem of turning content into information and information into knowledge.

Content Management Systems are not just a product or a technology. CMS is defined as a generic term which refers to a wide range of processes that underpin the “next-generation” of medium to large-scale websites. Content management is a process which deals with the creation, storage, modification, retrieval and display of data or content.
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There has always been the necessity to have a definitive guide on PHP-Nuke. Due to time constraints, nobody has ever had the will to carry out this operation. Not any more! With this book, PHP-Nuke now posesses the most comprehensive guide on the subject, suitable for newbies and advanced users alike.

PHP-Nuke utilizes as hinge of its own structure the duo PHP+ MySQL, very often being accompanied by the Apache web server. Many modules have integrated many other languages, such as Javascript, Java, Flash and also even systems that serve, through the portal, sounds and films in streaming mode (Online Radio, TV Online, Images, Files…). From version 6.x onwards, the compatibility has been extended to include other databases as well, in order to extend the user base even more vastly.
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PHP?Nuke is free software, released under the GNU License. It is a CMS (Content Managment System) that integrates in its inside all the instruments that are used to create a site/portal of information (meant in broad sense). Given the immense number of present functions in the installation and in an even greater quantity of modules developed from third parties, the system is also adept to the management of
• Intranet business,
• e?commerce systems,
• corporate portals ,
• public agencies,
• news agencies,
• online companies,
• information sites,
• e?learning systems
• and so on…
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Web Services Description Language (WDSL), originally developed by IBM, Microsoft, and others, is an XML format for technical description of Web services. In this tutorial, Mike Olson and Uche Ogbuji introduce WSDL4Py, an open-source Python library for WSDL 1.1 hosted by IBM developerWork’s open-source zone. Usage of the library is explained, as well as discussion of its development.
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This tutorial provides a short introduction to developing with Zope 3. It provides an example of creating a content objects and associated views, adapters, and utilities. The skills learned here are applied in most facets of Zope 3 development.

We Zope to be much more approachable to Python programmers. You should be able to use existing Python objects in Zope with few changes. We want developers to be able to learn Zope a little bit at a time. We provide greater support for reuse through components.
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If you’ve been watching the technical news or attended MIX ‘07, then you’ve probably been hearing about Silverlight (f.k.a. WPF/E). The idea behind Silverlight is simple — provide a cross-browser, cross-platform technology for 2D vector graphics, animations and DRM high-definition media. Currently, Microsoft is targeting the Mac using either Firefox or Safari and Windows using IE6/IE7 or Firefox.
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This Technical Manual is intended to be read in conjunction with the OPQ32 User Manual. The content of the latter focus on administration, scoring, norming and interpretation issues, and is intended to cover all the matters one needs to refer to when using the OPQ32. The technical manual is intended for reference purposes and provides all the technical backup needed when evaluating the OPQ32 in terms of its suitability for use.
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