RE: [security-services] EntityDescriptorType ID attribute

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

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