The following attributes available on all metadata provider typesare supported for all MetadataProvider types:
| Name | Type | Req? | Default | Description |
|---|
type | string |
String| Y |
| Specifies the exact type of |
provider (from those listed above, or a custom extension type).String | Identity of the provider. Used | string |
|
| A label for the metadata source, used in logging and status reporting |
.Boolean| boolean |
| false | Whether the XML |
is to | should be schema validated before it is parsed. Note that some sources of metadata (e.g., ADFS) may contain a large number of extensions. The SP now includes a number of additional schemas to make validation of such extensions possible, but there are always exceptions. |