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It is strongly recommended that InCommon SPs and IdPs refresh and verify metadata at least daily. An optimal configuration would attempt to refresh metadata every hour, assuming your client supports HTTP Conditional GET. |
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In conjunction with the refresh process, your software implementation needs to be configured to consume InCommon metadata. Exactly how this is done depends on your implementation of course. Instructions how to configure Shibboleth for metadata consumption are provided elsewhere in this wiki. Also, see the resources linked below for related information.