5. Optional attributes - person and organization
Here is an overview of attributes from norEdu*-specification that are not mandatory or recommended in Feide. For more information about each attribute, see «norEdu* Object Class Specification». It is up to each organization to take into consideration if this information shall be added to the Feide catalogue, but it is advantageous to add what information one has available.
5.1. norEduOrgAcronym
| Attribute name | norEduOrgAcronym |
| Short description | Acronym for organization or organizational unit. |
| Example | norEduOrgAcronym: USIT |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.2. norEduPersonBirthDate
| Attribute name | norEduPersonBirthDate |
| Short description | Person's birthdate |
| Example | norEduPersonBirthDate: 280889 |
| Multivalued | No |
5.3. norEduPersonLIN
| Attribute name | norEduPersonLIN |
| Short description | Local ID-number, for example student- or employee number |
| Example | norEduPersonLIN: uninett.no:employee:035016 |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.4. eduOrgIdentityAuthNPolicyURI
| Attribute name | eduOrgIdentityAuthNPolicyURI |
| Short description | URI that points to the organization's policy for handling identities |
| Example | eduOrgIdentityAuthNPolicyURI: https://www.universitetet.no/security/IApolicy.html |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.5. eduOrgHomePageURI
| Attribute name | eduOrgHomePageURI |
| Short description | URL to the organization's toplevel website. |
| Example | eduOrgHomePageURI: https://www.universitetet.no |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.6. eduOrgWhitePagesURI
| Attribute name | eduOrgWhitePagesURI |
| Short description | URL to the organization's open catalogue service. |
| Example | eduOrgWhitePagesURI: ldap://wpage.universitetet.no |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.7. eduPersonAssurance
| Attribute name | eduPersonAssurance |
| Short description | URI providing information about which trust levels for identity handling and authentication the organization supports. |
| Example | eduPersonAssurance: urn:mace:incommon:IAQ:sample |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.8. eduPersonNickname
| Attribute name | eduPersonNickname |
| Short description | The name the person is referred to on a daily basis. |
| Example | eduPersonNickname: Ola |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.9. eduPersonPrincipalNamePrior
| Attribute name | eduPersonPrincipalNamePrior |
| Short description | Former eduPersonPrincipalName at the same legal organization. |
| Example | eduPersonPrincipalNamePrior: olno@gammeltuniversitetsnavn.no eduPersonPrincipalNamePrior: olenor@fusjonerthoyskole.no |
| Multivalued | Yes |
All values within the attribute must have been owned by the same legal organization as the current
eduPersonPrincipalName.
In practice the values must have Feide-names with:
organization’s present realm
organization’s former used realm of this has been changed
realm from merged organizations
Feide-name used at other organizations is not allowed due to security concerns. It is the responsibility of the host organization to make sure that the fields value used does not enable persons at the organization to impersonate someone else at the organization or other organizations.
The attribute shall not contains the person’s current eduPersonPrincipalName.
The attribute might be used as a signal to services that this person has had other eduPersonPrincipalName in the
past. This can be used for internal logic, for instance connecting accounts within the service and similar.
5.10. facsimileTelephoneNumber
| Attribute name | facsimileTelephoneNumber |
| Short description | Fax number. |
| Example | facsimileTelephoneNumber: +47 73557901 |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.11. homePhone
| Attribute name | homePhone |
| Short description | Person's home number. |
| Example | homePhone: +47 23456789 |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.12. homePostalAddress
| Attribute name | homePostalAddress |
| Short description | Postal address for the person's home. |
| Example | homePostalAddress: Jordbærgata 14c$0234 Ski |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.13. jpegPhoto
| Attribute name | jpegPhoto |
| Short description | A picture of the person in jpeg-format (up to 250*250 px, approximately 30kB) |
| Example | (attribute value is in binary format) |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.14. l (localityName)
| Attribute name | l (localityName) |
| Short description | Name for location. Example could be city or county. |
| Example | l: Oslo |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.15. labeledURI
| Attribute name | labeledURI |
| Short description | An URI with description (label). |
| Example | labeledURI: https://www.universitetet.no/itregl.html IT-reglement |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.16. manager
| Attribute name | manager |
| Short description | LDAP-pointer to person's manager. |
| Example | manager:uid=ojohnsen,ou=people,dc=universitetet,dc=no |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.17. postalCode
| Attribute name | postalCode |
| Short description | Postal number for the organization. |
| Example | postalCode: NO-7465 |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.18. postOfficeBox
| Attribute name | postOfficeBox |
| Short description | Mailbox. |
| Example | postOfficeBox: 109260 |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.19. street
| Attribute name | street |
| Short description | Street address. |
| Example | street: Universitetsgata 3 |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.20. title
| Attribute name | title |
| Short description | Person's title. |
| Example | title: Section manager for language studies |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.21. userCertificate
| Attribute name | userCertificate |
| Short description | Person's X.509-certificate. |
| Example | (attribute value is in binary-format) |
| Multivalued | Yes |
5.22. userSMIMECertificate
| Attribute name | userSMIMECertificate |
| Short description | A X.509-certificate meant for use in S/MIMEapplications, for example signing and encryption of email. |
| Example | (attribute value is in binary-format) |
| Multivalued | Yes |