I did a cursory analysis of the number of current (as of 4-Oct-2006) IETF Internet-Drafts (I-Ds) that reference or employ SAML, and to what extent they do so. The executive summary of my findings is (click here to skip intro):
SUBSTANTIVE SAML employment: 8 I-Ds Some SAML Incorporation: 10 '' SAML referenced 'in passing': 10 ''
Seems to me this is a non-trivial number and that SAML is acquiring some decent traction there.
My overall analysis write-up is here, it lists the I-Ds my simple grepping turned up, as well as the bits of text where the term SAML occurs.
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