[Tf-aai] Practical improvement to be made to SAML metadata processing/monitoring for SPF, increasing robustness

[Dieter Van Uytvanck]

On 20/10/15 14:18, Sander Maijers wrote:

> What do you think of automatic fetching of SAML metadata from the
> SAML metadata generator endpoint of production SPs (e.g.
> https://ekrksso.keeleressursid.ee/simplesaml/module.php/saml/sp/metadata.php/ekrk-sp
> or https://clarin.oeaw.ac.at/Shibboleth.sso/Metadata), and
> automatically importing each SP's EntityDescriptor into the SAML 
> metadata batch about SPF SPs in our SVN?

Hi Sander,

how would this affect the manually post-edited entries (like the
CoC-link that is added)? Or do you foresee some smart merging between
the pure technical snippets automatically generated by the SP and the
full enriched SAML entries, as currently available in our SVN?

best,
-- 
Dieter Van Uytvanck
Technical Director CLARIN ERIC
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