Service Provisioning Markup Language (SPML) is an XML-based framework

specification for exchanging user, resource, and service provisioning information.

The SPML specification is being developed with consideration of the following
provisioning-related specifications: Active Digital Profile (ADPr), eXtensible
Resource Provisioning Management (XRPM), and Information Technology Markup
Language (ITML).

Service Provisioning Markup Language (SPML) is an XML-based framework, being

developed by OASIS, for exchanging user, resource and service provisioning information
between cooperating organizations.
The Service Provisioning Markup language is the open standard for the integration and
interoperation of service provisioning requests. SPML is an OASIS standard based on the
concepts of Directory Service Markup Language. SPML version 1.0 was approved in October
2003. SPML version 2.0 was approved in April 2006. Security Assertion Markup Language
exchanges the authorization data.
SPML - is a web service interface available to external applications to integrate with OIM.
This has been deprecated since PS3 in favor of SCIM web service.
SCIM - is a new standard based web service available (since PS3) to external applications
and web UI to integrate with OIM. This implements a bunch of SCIM standard and
proprietary Oracle extensions as REST API which can be used to integrate external UI and
applications to OIM. The first release (i.e. PS3) is NOT functionally complete.