- Software developed by WAYF on GitHub.
- Kantara's Implementation Profile for Federation Interoperability WAYF aims to comply with in its implementation of the SAML2 protocol.
- Hackmanit GmbH: the German XML security researchers who pen-tested the new federation software developed by WAYF.
- SAML2int Interoperable SAML 2.0 Profile: the version of the SAML2 protocol used in WAYF and eduGAIN.
- The specification for the Request Initiator Protocol — which WAYF's service providers are encouraged to implement.
- The SAML Tracer plug-in for FireFox – an indispensable tool for debugging SAML integrations. A number of similar tools are beginning to appear for Chrome.
- Programming libraries for JSON Web Tokens.
- Results from the RA21 Initiative on optimum IdP discovery user experience.
- WAYF, and most other research and education federations, use the SAML V2.0 Metadata Interoperability Profile Version 1.0 – which among othet things states (see its section 2.5.1) stipulates that only the public key, and no other field, in a X509 certificate is to be interpreted.
- REFEDS Assurance Framework v2 – a standard for digital identity assurance for use in the research and education sector internationally.