Metadata Distribution Subcommittee of TAC

[Steve Thorpe <>]

On 10/4/13 10:04 AM, Cantor, Scott wrote:
> On 10/3/13 4:52 PM, "Steve Thorpe" 
> <>
>  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.

Thanks Scott for your feedback.

So if my understanding is correct, OSU and MCNC make two who are using a 
policy whose IdP recognizes all InCommon SP entities and is willing to 
(by default) release a small set of attributes to those SPs and those 
SPs only.  Perhaps it would be worth surveying the InC membership to get 
a better feel for how many others might be in the same boat?

Steve

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