Shibboleth Developers

[Eric Norman <>]

On Sep 24, 2008, at 1:26 PM, Scott Cantor wrote:

> > 1.1.2.1  Dynamic metadata generation?  Buzz, buzz, buzz ...
> >
> > Sorta makes the concept of metadata meaningless, ne-c'est pas?
>
> Depends on what it's used for.

I can't tell whether that's agreement, disagreement, or something else.

> > How about this structure for data?
> >
> > Data necessary during a transaction.
> >
> > Data necessary pre-transaction.
> >
> > Data necessary post-transaction.
>
> Metadata includes all three.

The suggestion was to use the above as a principle for structuring
(classifying) data instead of that overused "meta" prefix.

Eric Norman