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Re: [inc-interfed] aggregating eduGAIN metadata


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  • From: Tom Scavo <>
  • To: Interfederation TAC Subgroup <>
  • Subject: Re: [inc-interfed] aggregating eduGAIN metadata
  • Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 16:15:50 -0500

On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Scott Koranda
<>
wrote:
>
> For what it is worth, my expectation for the term "production metadata" is
> that
> it is a metadata aggregate feed that is schema compliant, signed, and that
> has
> a "proper" validUntil timestamp
>
> In short, it should not break my SPs that will consume it.
>
> I do not expect that InCommon is making any statement about the
> operational quality of the
> entities within it.
>
> Put another way, the word "production" is an adjective applied to the
> metadata. It is
> "metadata processed and delivered in a production quality way" and not
> "metadata
> about entities operated in a production quality way".

I totally agree, and in fact I tweeted precisely that concept earlier today:

https://twitter.com/trscavo/status/439416595174019073

Tom



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