| Primary affiliation othershow all attributes | |
| Name | eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation |
| Description | The person's primary relationship to the institution |
| Vocabulary | see controlled vocabulary for eduPersonAffiliation |
| References | eduPerson |
| OIDC | n/a |
| OID | 1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.5 |
| LDAP Syntax | Directory String |
| # of values | single |
| Example values |
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Definition
Specifies the person's primary relationship to the institution in broad categories such as student, faculty, staff, alum, etc. (See controlled vocabulary).
Important
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In the Switch edu-ID federation, the value employee MUST NOT be used. Use staff instead.
Notes
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Appropriate if the person carries at least one of the defined eduPersonAffiliations. The choices of values are the same as for that attribute.
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Think of this as the affiliation one might put on the name tag if this person were to attend a general institutional social gathering. Note that the single-valued eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation attribute assigns each person in the directory into one and only one category of affiliation. There are application scenarios where this would be useful.
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See eduPersonAffiliation for further details.
All attribute definitions in a single document: Switch edu-ID Attribute Specification