Re: [saml-dev] multi-valued SAML attributes

[Tom Scavo <trscavo@internet2.edu>]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Cantor, Scott <cantor.2@osu.edu> wrote:
> On 11/13/14, 11:31 PM, "Tom Scavo" <trscavo@internet2.edu> wrote:
>
>>Actually, the original question stems from the use of the
>><mdattr:EntityAttributes> extension. I really hate to see two
>>attributes with the same name in there but I don't seem to have a
>>normative leg to stand on (except the obscure reference above).
>
> I certainly wouldn't generate it, but no, it's not invalid. If it's your
> metadata, collapsing such a case would seem like a logical thing to do.

No, it's not my metadata, it's appearing in imported eduGAIN metadata.
I'm tempted to convert such metadata at the border of my federation,
that is, to construct proper multi-valued entity attributes for
consumers downstream. Can you see a possible problem with that?

Thanks,

Tom