a metadata config that adds entity attributes

Tom Scavo trscavo at gmail.com
Fri Apr 10 14:59:20 EDT 2015


On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Cantor, Scott <cantor.2 at osu.edu> wrote:
> On 4/10/15, 2:48 PM, "Tom Scavo" <trscavo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Right, I was going to post exactly that but then I thought: hmm, what
>>if some human inspects the cached metadata in the filesystem? Wouldn't
>>it be easier to debug a metadata issue if a completely new entity
>>attribute were used? (I'm probably over-engineering here.)
>
> The cached copy won't have the tag. We don't cache the filtered version, only the original. The original copy is what gets loaded as a backup if the source isn't up, so the result of rerunning the filters is identical.

That makes total sense now. Thanks.

>>Anyway, thanks for looking at this. And I have to say, the SP has way
>>more power than I thought, almost as much as a standalone metadata
>>aggregator.
>
> My thinking was that if we're going to move to policy based on tags, I'd better have a way to add tags.

The only thing that seems to be missing is support for the
<mdrpi:RegistrationInfo> element (or have I just missed it?)

> I ported the filter to the IdP so it's there also.

Yes, Rod mentioned that on the dev list earlier today.

Thanks,

Tom


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