[OGSA-AUTHZ] VO SAML Attribute Profile

Krzysztof Benedyczak golbi at mat.uni.torun.pl
Wed Feb 6 03:17:46 CST 2008


Tom Scavo wrote:
> On Feb 5, 2008 6:04 PM, Krzysztof Benedyczak <golbi at mat.uni.torun.pl> wrote:
>> Tom Scavo wrote:
>>> A URL need not be resolvable.  SAML, for example, recommends URLs for
>>>  entityIDs (which are formally required to be URIs).
>> I'm not really sure what SAML authors thought when writing the
>> recommendation you mention:
>> "It is RECOMMENDED that a system entity use a URL containing its own
>> domain name to identify itself."
> 
> It is anticipated that SAML entities will eventually publish SAML
> metadata at the location given by their entityID.
Right, so it means it is or is going to be resolvable. But once again - 
it isn't an important issue anymore.

Before putting changes into working draft, I'd like to hear Valerio's 
opinion about the format change. What do you think?


Best regards,
Krzysztof


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