!!! Overview
Relying Party (RP) is a system entity that decides to take an action based on information from another [Entity]. 

!! [Examples]
In [SAML] [{$pagename}] depends on receiving assertions from an asserting party (a SAML authority) about a [Digital Subject].

An [OAuth Client] that supports [OpenID Connect] is also called a [Relying Party] because it relies on the [OpenID Connect] [Provider|Identity Provider (IDP)] to assert the user’s [Digital Identity].

!! [{$pagename}] ([RP]) Application
When you build an application that relies on claims, you are building a [{$pagename}] ([RP]) application. 
Synonyms for an RP include
* "claims aware application" 
* "claims-based application" 

Web applications and Web services can both be [{$pagename}]s. 

A relying party (RP) application consumes the tokens issued by a [Security Token Service] ([STS]) and extracts the claims from tokens to use them for identity related tasks.

!! The Challenge
Online service providers, or [{$pagename}], are faced with a difficult business challenge. They want to enable their customers to access services and complete transactions with the least amount of [friction] possible, while minimizing fraud [risk] and meeting [regulatory compliance] requirements in their market or geography. 

[{$pagename}] may implement a [Digital Identity Acceptance Policy]!! [{$pagename}] and [Public Key Infrastructure]
The [Clients] in [Public Key Infrastructure] are the [{$pagename}] and are relying on (ie [Trusting|Trust]) the [Certificate Authority]

!! More Information
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* [#1] - [http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/21111/saml-glossary-2.0-os.html|http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/download.php/21111/saml-glossary-2.0-os.html|target='_blank'] - Retrieved 2013-04-10