RE: [security-services] EntityDescriptorType ID attribute

From
Scott Cantor <>
Date
2010-01-19T20:49:56+00:00
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009601ca9948$f12a0b80$d37e2280$@
Thread
RE: [security-services] EntityDescriptorType ID attribute
Josh Howlett wrote on 2010-01-19:
> The EntityDescriptorType complex type contains an optional attribute
> 'ID'.
> 
> SAML2Meta is clear that the value of this attribute can only be
> assumed to be document-unique. Would it be harmful to profile the use
> of this attribute to be globally unique? If so, would an extension be
> a better strategy?

Is this about making entities unique or recognizing when they're not? This
reminds me of the French recently asking me to convert my metadata
generation to rely on a stable ID value instead of a random one.

-- Scott