RE: [saml-dev] multiple attributes

["Scott Cantor" <cantor.2@osu.edu>]

> There may be implementations that process each attribute very
independently
> and the second occurrence may simply overwrite the first.  Using a single
> multi-valued attribute makes it quite clear that the attribute has two
> values associated with it at the same time.

I think the point of Tom's question is that in fact such implementations are
broken and should be fixed. The spec doesn't allow that assumption.

It's fine to say that the safe approach is to use multiple values, but let's
not lose sight of the important part.

-- Scott