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AuthnQuery (v3)
<AuthnQuery xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:protocol"
                       ID="abe567de6"
                       Version="2.0"
                       IssueInstant="2005-01-31T11:58:00Z"
                       Destination="https://www.AirlineInc.com">
    <Subject xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:assertion">
        <NameID Format="urn:oasis:names:tc:1.1:nameid-format:emailAddress">
            j.doe@acompany.com
        </NameID>
    </Subject>
    <RequestedAuthnContext Comparison="exact">
        <AuthnContextClassRef>
            urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:2.0:ac:classes:PasswordProtectedTransport
        </AuthnContextClassRef>
        <AuthnContextDeclRef>
            http://www.AirlineInc.com/j_doe/ac.xml
        </AuthnContextDeclRef>
    </RequestedAuthnContext>
</AuthnQuery>
see example09.c
"Hey IdP, give me all the assertions you have which contain authentication statement(s) and which match this subject and which satisfy this authentication context (and it must exactly match)."
Possible values: exact, minimum, maximum, better.