The success of the Identity Metasystem depends heavily on having products available from multiple vendors that are proven to interoperate and ready to deploy. Kantara Initiative and Liberty Alliance have contributed significantly to this by helping test products against specific profiles. Kudos to everyone involved with the definition, organization and testing of the eGovernment SAML 2.0 profile v1.5. This represents a real step forward given the diversity of products involved. SAN FRA