Shibboleth Developers

[Tom Scavo <>]

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Rod Widdowson
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 wrote:
>> - There doesn't seem to be any support for <mdui:Description>, which
>> seems generally useful. Are there plans to support <mdui:Description>
>> in the EDS in the future?
>
> No unless someone tells me how to include it.  Hover text perhaps?

Precisely. This is what uApprove and the IdP do, as I understand it.
Only works on mouse-based systems, but what the heck.

>  I await the suggestion cases with trepidation and a deep seated
> sense of foreboding......

I don't want to propel you over to the dark side, all I'm asking about
is Description support :-) And it's not a showstopper for us, either.
If you want to put it off until the dark shadows have subsided, that's
fine. On the other hand, I'd be happy to create a bug if you think
that's what we should do.

>> - "One logo should be provided of size 16px
>> by 16px." Can you tell me why this "should be provided" and what it
>> will be used for so I can decide whether or not to support it in
>> InCommon metadata?
>
> It's in the dropdown list and is of debatable value (indeed I expect to see 
> a suggestion that this is suppressible).  Try going to
> my test EDS https://dlib-adidp.ucs.ed.ac.uk:442/studio/ and ask for 
> "login".  Then type in "Car" or "edi" to see an examples.

Right, icons, like the favicon supported on the web server.

Well, I don't think we (InCommon) want to support icons out of the
box. We can add it to our metadata management interface later if
people think it's going to be useful.

>> Finally, will you eventually provide support for the mdui elements in the 
>> CDS?
>
> I would imagine that the next version of the CDS (whenever that happens and 
> no there are no plans)  will come in to line with
> whatever the IdP at that point is offering by way plugin support - so right 
> now it would be taglibs.

Okay thanks. I'll get back to you on CDS support. That's on the back
burner right now as we roll out the mdui elements.

Thanks,
Tom