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[Peter Schober <peter.schober AT univie.ac.at>]

* Janusz Ulanowski <janusz.ulanowski AT heanet.ie> [2014-11-11 13:30]:
> I can see some entities have set mdui elements in
> EntityDescriptor/Extensions instead of
> EntityDescriptor/[IDPSSODescriptor|SPSSODescriptor]/Extensions
> 
> shouldn't they be fixed?

The spec is very clear about this:
https://wiki.oasis-open.org/security/SAML2MetadataUI

  "The <mdui:UIInfo> container element, defined below, MUST appear
   within the <md:Extensions> element of a role element (one whose type
  is based on md:RoleDescriptorType). The use of the <mdui:UIInfo>
  element, or any other element defined in this section, outside of that
  context is not defined by this specification."

It's not wrong per se to have that data anywhere else, but not putting
it into the required place is undefined, meaning, the info will (and
should, if you've been asked to) not ever be used.
-peter