def validate_metadata_sign(xml, cert=None, fingerprint=None, fingerprintalg='sha1', validatecert=False, debug=False):
        """
        Validates a signature of a EntityDescriptor.

        :param xml: The element we should validate
        :type: string | Document

        :param cert: The public cert
        :type: string

        :param fingerprint: The fingerprint of the public cert
        :type: string

        :param fingerprintalg: The algorithm used to build the fingerprint
        :type: string

        :param validatecert: If true, will verify the signature and if the cert is valid.
        :type: bool

        :param debug: Activate the xmlsec debug
        :type: bool

        :param raise_exceptions: Whether to return false on failure or raise an exception
        :type raise_exceptions: Boolean
        """
        if xml is None or xml == '':
            raise Exception('Empty string supplied as input')

        elem = OneLogin_Saml2_XML.to_etree(xml)
        xmlsec.enable_debug_trace(debug)
        xmlsec.tree.add_ids(elem, ["ID"])

        signature_nodes = OneLogin_Saml2_XML.query(elem, '/md:EntitiesDescriptor/ds:Signature')

        if len(signature_nodes) == 0:
            signature_nodes += OneLogin_Saml2_XML.query(elem, '/md:EntityDescriptor/ds:Signature')

            if len(signature_nodes) == 0:
                signature_nodes += OneLogin_Saml2_XML.query(elem, '/md:EntityDescriptor/md:SPSSODescriptor/ds:Signature')
                signature_nodes += OneLogin_Saml2_XML.query(elem, '/md:EntityDescriptor/md:IDPSSODescriptor/ds:Signature')

        if len(signature_nodes) > 0:
            for signature_node in signature_nodes:
                # Raises expection if invalid
                OneLogin_Saml2_Utils.validate_node_sign(signature_node, elem, cert, fingerprint, fingerprintalg, validatecert, debug, raise_exceptions=True)
            return True
        else:
            raise Exception('Could not validate metadata signature: No signature nodes found.')
Validates a signature of a EntityDescriptor.

        :param xml: The element we should validate
        :type: string | Document

        :param cert: The public cert
        :type: string

        :param fingerprint: The fingerprint of the public cert
        :type: string

        :param fingerprintalg: The algorithm used to build the fingerprint
        :type: string

        :param validatecert: If true, will verify the signature and if the cert is valid.
        :type: bool

        :param debug: Activate the xmlsec debug
        :type: bool

        :param raise_exceptions: Whether to return false on failure or raise an exception
        :type raise_exceptions: Boolean