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[NAKAMURA Motonori <motonori AT nii.ac.jp>]

On 2018/11/30 17:27, Tomasz Wolniewicz wrote:

> > > - The new profile is a shared one for a sort of IdP hosting service in
> > > Japan. So I'd like to remove location information. A location
> > > information is initially added in the "General Information", and it can
> > > be removed. But it will be revived after addition of another Identity
> > > Provider Name, and I have to remove again after that.

> As you observed, you can remove it but in the next edit it will be
> filled again. I guess we should not save anything unless the user
> actually does something like search for the address or drag the pointer.
> It think that this would be a useful change and should easy to implement.

Thanks. I found that profiles defined for Japan are shown primarily even 
without location information, although I do not understand why such 
profiles are chosen. Anyway, I'm satisfied with current implementation 
on automatic selection.

> > > - I cannot find out a way to cancel invitation of a new IdP
> > > administrator in case I entered a wrong email address. The wrong email
> > > address is kept showing in the pending invitation list.

> > Invitations expire after 24h and are then dropping off the list
> > automatically. That's why we didn't see it as a priority to add an
> > explicit Revoke button for those.
> >
> > Does this issue lie heavy on your heart? We can always add such a button
> > if it is seen as useful.

OK. That's fine. I would be happy if a message like "will be expired 
after 24h" is added for the list of invitation.

> > > - I cannot choose a language locale JA for an Identity Provider Name.
> > > The name I entered before CAT 2.0 is shown as "unsupported language"...

> Stefan has explained the reason,  we only support adding language
> variants for languages that are supported by the whole system. It could
> be argued that this is wrong. Perhaps we could allow the interface to
> run in English but use Japanese strings for admin-supplied values, I can
> see arguments both for and against such approach.

OK. I understand I have to finish Japanese translations for the system ;-)

Best regards,
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Motonori NAKAMURA <motonori AT nii.ac.jp>
Academic Authentication Systems Office,
Research and Development Center for Academic Networks,
National Institute of Informatics, JAPAN