MetadataProviderCommonAttributes

The following attributes are supported for all MetadataProvider types:

Name

Type

Req?

Default

Description

Name

Type

Req?

Default

Description

type

string

Y

 

Specifies the exact type of metadata plugin to use

id

string

 

 

A label for the metadata source, used in logging and status reporting

validate

boolean



false

Whether the XML 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.