Shibboleth Developers

[Tom Scavo <>]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:47:37 -0500, Scott Cantor 
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 wrote:
> > The current design (which I think Walter may be changing) is that the
> > Format attribute is used to find the right NameMapping element to
> > use, and then the type in that tells the HS what class to use to generate
> > the NameID.
> 
> Sorry, meant to say that the AA uses the Format to figure out what class to
> use to recover the principal (i.e. if it's "shib-handle", then use the
> crypto thing).

Um, what is "shib-handle"?

> The HS is backwards from that, it determines what to use based on the
> relying party, and then the NameMapping it chooses based on that tells it
> how to generate the name but also what format to stick in.

Will metadata be used instead in 1.3?

Thanks,
Tom