SAML reference documentation?

Question

i have been trying to implement SSO using SAML in Java. for quite some time i have been referring to blogs by experts and some of the answers on your site. I wanted to know

Answer 1

In addition to Chris Dickson's answer , the following link also provides standard documentation for opansaml-java

https://wiki.shibboleth.net/confluence/display/OpenSAML/OSTwoUserManual

Answer 2

The SAML specifications are available here

Answer 3

http://docs.oasis-open.org/security/saml/v2.0/saml-profiles-2.0-os.pdf is a good reference, but a good layman's explanation is https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gUmMcecHN9s