As of release 3.11.0 of the InCommon Federation Manager software, it is now possible for Site Administrators to make bulk changes to their metadata for the purposes of meeting Baseline Expectations.
The following elements may be bulk updated via this user interface:
- mdui:Logo
- mdui:PrivacyStatementURL
- Technical contact
- Security contact
- Administrative contact
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This tool is specifically designed to allow Site Administrators to perform a bulk update of all SAML entity descriptors in their organization's metadata which may be missing elements required by InCommon's Baseline Expectations program. As such, note the following details:
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To access this functionality in the Federation Manager, click the "Baseline Expectations Bulk Change" link in the Site Administrator Dashboard:
Next, fill in values for your LogoURL, PrivacyStatementURL and contacts. These values will be added to any published entity descriptors in your organization that are currently missing them. If you leave out one or more fields, the tool will only update entity descriptors with the information you have provided. You can then come back later and re-run the tool to add any additional missing elements:
Hit the "Save" button to apply changes to your entity descriptors:
You do not need to submit metadata separately for these updates, they will be submitted and automatically approved for publication the next time InCommon publishes metadata.