KEYCLOAK-4167 Documentation for Validating Key ID field in OIDC IDP config

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|Validating Public Key
|Applicable if `Use JWKS URL` is off. Here is the public key in PEM format that must be used to verify external IDP signatures.
|Validating Public Key Id
|Applicable if `Use JWKS URL` is off. This field specifies ID of the public key in PEM format. This config value is optional. As there is no standard way
for computing key ID from key, various external identity providers might use different algorithm from {{book.project.name}}. If the value of this field
is not specified, the validating public key specified above is used for all requests regardless of key ID sent by external IDP. When set, value of this
field serves as key ID used by {{book.project.name}} for validating signatures from such providers and must match the key ID specified by the IDP.
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You can also import all this configuration data by providing a URL or file that points to OpenID Provider Metadata (see OIDC Discovery specification).