[mdx] requesting all entities

[Walter Forbes Hoehn (wassa)]

> On Jan 14, 2017, at 9:46 AM, Tom Scavo <trscavo at gmail.com> 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.

I’m not yet certain which side of the fence I’m on with respect to what the MDQ spec should require, but this argument that InC can’t or shouldn’t serve a full aggregate via MDQ has never resonated with me. We have the data, what’s the downside to making it available via alternate location?

-WFH