[mdx] syntax for entity-attributes

[Tom Scavo]

On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Ian Young <ian at iay.org.uk> wrote:
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> On 22 Aug 2014, at 19:15, Tom Scavo <trscavo at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Three years ago a syntax for entity attributes was proposed but that
>> syntax is no longer compatible with the Metadata Query Protocol.
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> It's compatible

I don't think so because a leading "{" now has a special meaning.

> it just doesn't have a defined meaning.

I don't know what you mean. An entityID in SAML metadata has a defined
meaning but an entityID is just a special case of entity attribute so
it seems reasonable to define a syntax for entity attributes as well.

Tom