An External Identity is intended to represent any sort of identity external to the CO. Common examples of External Identities include
- Federated Identities
- Social Identities (Google, Facebook, etc)
- Research Identities (ORCID)
- ERP Records (PeopleSoft, Workday, Banner)
Date Model Elements
In general, External Identities and External Identity Roles track People and Person Roles.
See Also
- Registry Table: external_identities
- Registry Table: external_identity_roles
- ExternalIdentity API v2
- ExternalIdentityRole API v2
Changes From Earlier Versions
As of Registry v5.0.0
- OrgIdentity was split into ExternalIdentity and ExternalIdentityRole.
affiliation
was replaced withaffiliation_type_id
.o
was renamedorganization
.ou
was renameddepartment
.