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[Tom Scavo <trscavo AT internet2.edu>]

On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Tomasz Wolniewicz <twoln AT umk.pl> wrote:
>
> W dniu 2015-01-15 o 19:37, Tom Scavo pisze:
>>
>>> For each of the languages I will show  MDUI DisplayName if exists in a
>>> given language and OrganizationDisplayName (for the given language)
>>> otherwise.
>>
>> For IdPs, this makes sense, but for SPs, it does not. Falling back to
>> OrgDisplayName for SPs only serves to perpetuate a very bad practice
>> IMO.
>
> I have counted exactly 800 SPs which have nothing but
> OrganizationDisplayName and only 328 that do have MDUI DisplayName
> therefore I will have no option but to proceed the way I proposed, I think.

Why not just display entityID if there is no MDUI DisplayName?

This is a golden opportunity to actually make a dent in this problem.
Displaying metadata on web page is a powerful motivation for change.

For the record, the suggested precedence "algorithms" are:

IdPs: mdui:DisplayName => md:OrgDisplayName => entityID
SPs: mdui:DisplayName => md:ServiceName => entityID

See section 2.4 of the OASIS SAML V2.0 Metadata Extensions for Login
and Discovery User Interface:

https://wiki.oasis-open.org/security/SAML2MetadataUI

Hope this helps,

Tom