[mdx] requesting all entities

[Leif Johansson]

On 2017-01-14 16:46, Tom Scavo wrote:
> As long as we're tweaking the spec, let me suggest we take another
> look at section 3.2.2 (Request All Entities). I'll observe that there
> is no normative language in that section.
> 
> First let me give a data point. The InCommon MDQ server will not serve
> a full aggregate since that would compete with the aggregates
> currently served from md.incommon.org.

Silly, silly.

> 
> That said, it's pretty obvious (to me) how that section might be
> rewritten. Any given MDQ server MAY serve a full aggregate, but if it
> does, it MUST do it like this...

Why not say that an MDQ server must either respond with the full
aggregate or return a redirect to where the full aggregate can be
found.

> 
> Do we need to spell out that a "full aggregate" corresponds to the
> totality of entities served individually, or is that obvious?

Yeah I think that is clear

	Cheers Leif