FileBackedHTTPMetadaProvider fetch/refresh frequency determined by ?

[Tom Scavo]

On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Baron Fujimoto <baron at hawaii.edu> wrote:
>
> Ah, so it's checking for updates with frequency
> (maxRefreshDelay * refreshDelayFactor), but only actually downloading the
> data if it has been updated remotely (InCommon reposting the metadata
> daily)?  Thanks for clearing that up.

Oh, that deserves a sentence in the shib wiki, I think ;-)

> How does Shib figure whether the remote metadata has been updated?  Is
> it determining that from the metadata itself?  E.g. I see a timestamps in
> the InCommon metadata "INC20111212T194600" or something else (diff with
> current local saved copy?)

See: https://spaces.internet2.edu/x/44GVAQ

Tom