Directory-based MetadataProvider

[Cantor, Scott]

On 10/25/12 11:28 AM, "Yuji Shinozaki" <ys2n at virginia.edu> wrote:

>Sorry, I am talking about on the IDP.   I confused the issue by calling
>it a "IDP MetadataProvider".   I really meant to say "SP MetadataProvider
>on the IDP".

I was aware.

>In other words:
>
>I have a bunch of SP Metadata in separate files.  What is the best way to
>automate loading them into the IDP?

I don't think there is a best way, really. I was suggesting that if the
metadata is not so much external to you but metadata you can produce
yourself, the script that I stuck into the SP distribution is a useful
tool for generating it.

But if you really have a bunch of actual metadata you got from somebody
else, no, there's no easy way. Glomming it together tends to be brittle
because XML isn't great at that.

You could also write a MetadataProvider plugin that does what you want, of
course.

-- Scott