Certificate in IDP metadata xml file

[Peter Schober]

* Kobe Bryant <kbbryant61 at gmail.com> [2011-12-17 17:37]:
> Off topic:
> 
>     >With one unimportant edge case exception, the metadata is of no
> interest to the
> IdP.
> 
> Which edge case are you referring to?

It says so in the IdP's config:

$ fgrep own conf/relying-party.xml
        <!-- Load the IdP's own metadata.  This is necessary for artifact support. -->

-peter