Metadata Distribution Subcommittee of TAC

["Cantor, Scott" <>]

On 10/3/13 4:52 PM, "Steve Thorpe" 
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 wrote:

>If the out-of-the-box Shib software doesn't support the appropriate way
>now, then I think it would be best to make sure the latest software
>release DOES support it -- *prior* to changing expanding the InC
>metadata's contents to include an aggregate with non-InC members.

It will be a long time for most sites before that's true, because it would
require upgrading to 3.0 (and that isn't even 100% certain, to be honest,
we did not have RPI specified as a use case).

> 
>Because otherwise it could cause significant overhead (and angst) for a
>lot of InC members.

I know of very few sites using such a policy (and I happen to be one), so
I don't think that's necessarily the case. It might be, but I don't assume
so.

> Ideally any required changes would simply be in the
>software's config files, not in having to add extensions.

I think this kind of use case is very appropriate for extensions. It is
not a mainstream requirement.

-- Scott