Explanation of attributes
The following table provides an overview of all attributes that can be transferred to the individual service providers via Shibboleth:
| Attribute (technical) | Descripion |
|---|---|
| Global Unique ID (eduPersonPricipalName) | A sectoral identifier for a person, for example: "user@domain" |
| username (uid) | Unique ID: A unique identifier for a person, mainly for inter-institutional user identification |
| E-Mail (mail) | Users e-mail address. |
| eduPersonScopedAffiliation | Specifies a users affiliation to a specific security domain in the form The Affiliation 'member' is as recommended by DFN released to any service provider. The subgroups are only released to specific service providers. This is not an e-mail address! |
| Full Name (commonName) | full name (given name and surname) |
| Display Name (displayName) | name (preferred given name and surname) |
| Surname (surname) | surname |
| Place of residence (locality) | place of residence |
| Street (street) | street name |
| Address | postal address |
| Postalcode (postalCode) | postalcode |
| Given name (givenName) | Given name of a person |
anonymous global unique ID | A persistent identifier |
| Affiliation eduPersonAffiliation | Type of affiliation at RWTH |
| Roles and Groups (eduPersonEntitlement) | A URI to assign specific rights to specific content. The value urn:mace:dir:entitlement:common-lib-terms indicates that the user is registered in the university library. The attribute is released to any service provider as recommended by DFN. The value urn:mace:rwth.de:entitlement:WLAN indicates that the user is allowed to use eduroam WLAN and to use the EGM to create accounts for his devices. |
| Prefered given name (rwthRufname) | Prefered given name. (Concerning people with more than one given name. Can be defined via Selfservice.) |
| institute index number (ikz) | Index number(s) of institute(s) |
| Countrycode (rwthCountry) | country code of address like B, NL, F, L... |
| Date of birth (rwthDateOfBirth) | date of birth |
| Exmatriculation Date (rwthExmatrikulationsDatum) | date of exmatriculation |
| Subject info (rwthFachInfo) | Encoded string that represents the subjects of studies together with other related information with regard to the current term. |
| Gender (rwthGender) | gender |
| Place of Birth (rwthLocalityOfBirth) | place of birth |
| Matriculation number (rwthMatrikelnummer) | matriculation number |
| RWTH-ID | Unique identifier for the RWTH. |
| Terms of study (dfnEduPersonTermsOfStudy) | Terms of study |
Business E-Mail Adress | Office e-mail adress at RWTH (from CAMPUS, only available when "TIM-CAMPUS-Kopplung" established) |
| Business Telephonenumber (rwthTelefonNummer) | Office telephone number at RWTH (from CAMPUS, only available when "TIM-CAMPUS-Kopplung" established) |
| SVA Person Status | person status in the SVA-system |
Study info | Encoded string that specifies the study information, e. g. 20191,11,a=71,f=185,3,s=4... 20191=semester related to the data (YYYY1=summer, YYYY2=winter) Supplement: Students who are enrolled in more than one degree program have one rwthFachInfo per degree program. The PO version describes the last two digits of the year, without the leading zero. In the example f=185.3, the 3 therefore refers to the year 2003. |
| RWTH Partner Status | Saves the affiliation of a user to a spedific institution in urn-mace-format. |
| Employment Start (rwthEmploymentStart) | Beginning of the employment relationship; for contracts concluded prior to June 1, 2016, this is the date of transfer to the SAP system. |
| Employment End (rwthEmploymentEnd) | End of Employment |
| Start of Retirement (rwthRetirementStart) | Start date of Retirement |
| Entry Date at the RWTH (rwthEntryDate) | Entry date at the RWTH |
| Country of residence for edX (edx_residence) | The users country of residence for the "edX" platform. |
| Anonymous placeholder for edX (edx_anonymous) | Anonymous placeholder for the "edX" platform. |
| Anonymized email alias for edX (edx_email) | Anonymized email alias for "edX" platform. |
| system references (rwthSystemIDs) | RWTH-specific system references in urn:mace-Encoding, e. g. "TH-Personalnummer (SAP)", Bluecard number etc. |
