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 with affiliation_type_id.
• o was renamed organization.
• ou was renamed department.