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

> On 3 Jul 2015, at 10:29, Tom Scavo <trscavo AT internet2.edu> wrote:
> 
> I would feel uncomfortable if the entity I trusted to aggregate
> federation metadata was also injecting its own metadata into the
> aggregate.

I think I know what you mean, but it's hard to explain. After all, what 
you've written above describes the relationship the UK federation has with 
its own members: we aggregate metadata from elsewhere, while also injecting 
metadata we have registered ourselves.

I have for a long time tried to separate the different functions 
(registration, aggregation, publication) fairly explicitly so I don't have a 
personal problem composing them in different ways as long as the concerns of 
each part are clearly expressed. It hasn't proved to be a persuasive view, 
however.

    -- Ian

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