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• Validation applies only to CO Person records, not Org Identity records. (CO-478)
• Note that while Validators can apply to Email Addresses, the uniqueness check described above applies only to Identifiers attached to CO Person records.)
• Identifiers and Email Addresses generated via Identifier Assignment are subject to validation.
• Identifiers and Email Addresses loaded via Organizational Identity Sources are not subject to availability checks or validation.

Technical Notes

To skip availability checks, including all Identifier Validation Plugin calls, use save($data, array('skipAvailability' => true)).