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[Ian Young <ian AT iay.org.uk>]

On 27 Mar 2014, at 11:24, Niels van Dijk <niels.vandijk AT surfnet.nl> wrote:

> I think however simply being able to ascertain what is required
> from an IdP would already help a lot in the communications around such
> an attribute release discussion.

I agree with that statement as written. The problem is that I don't find that 
the particular mechanism of RequestedAttributes is a terribly good way for 
humans to communicate this information to other humans, even in cases where 
the SP happens to have requirements which do fit within the expressive 
limitations of the notation.[1]

        -- Ian

[1] And with apologies for the nested provisos: note that it is as rare as 
hen's teeth for any SP to have requirements that can be properly expressed in 
the SAML notation if it supports both SAML 1 and SAML 2, which is still the 
norm in the UKf.

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