This document is an early draft

There are no required attributes from the perspective of the Core Schema. It is up to a given protocol or implementation to determine what attributes are required, and how such status is conveyed between participants.

Where attributes are multi-valued, it is up to a given protocol or implementation as to whether multiple values are supported, and how such status is conveyed between participants.

Attribute names containing a slash (/) may be represented "flat" as listed, or "hierarchical" by removing the slash and establishing a suitable representation in the encoding in use. For example, "name/given" could be represented in JSON as

{
  "name":{
    "given":"value"
  }
}

Multiple values could be represented as

{
  "identifiers":[
    {
      "type":"enterprise",
      "value":"E12345678",
    },
    {
      "type":"network",
      "value":"jqs123"
    }
  ]
}

Attribute Release Policy

Attribute Release Policies are encoded in metadata, as described below. The following policies are defined:

Attribute Data Types

Case Sensitivity

All attribute names and other elements specified here are case sensitive. eg: official and OFFICIAL are not the same.

Metadata

Any complex attribute (Person, Person Role, Address, Identifier, etc) may optionally have the following meta attributes:

Person Core Attributes

Attribute

Data Type

Definition

Multi-Valued? (Parent Attribute)

address



Yes (addresses)

address/country

country

Country from a postal address

One per parent object

address/formatted

string

Address rendered as a single string, possibly with embedded newlines (\n)

One per parent object

address/locality

string

Locality information from a postal address (city, etc)

One per parent object

address/language

locale

The language encoding of the address

One per parent object

address/postalCode

string

Postal code from a postal address

One per parent object

address/region

region

Region information from a postal address (state, province, etc)

One per parent object

address/room

string

Room information from a postal address

One per parent object

address/street

(warning) Changing to streetAddress

string (multi-line)

Street/site information from a postal address (street name, house number, etc)

One per parent object

address/type

extensibleVocabulary:

  • campus
  • home
  • office
  • parent
  • postal
  • summer
  • former-anytype

The type of the address

One per parent object

address/verified

boolean

True if the address has been verified

One per parent object

citizenship

country

Country of citizenship of the person

Yes (citizenships)

dateOfBirth

date

The date of birth of the person

No

emailAddress



Yes (emailAddresses)

emailAddress/address

string

The email address

One per parent object

emailAddress/type

extensibleVocabulary: 

  • delivery
  • department
  • department-deptlabel
  • forwarding
  • official
  • personal
  • preferred
  • former-anytype

The type of the email address

One per parent object

emailAddress/verified

boolean

True if the address has been verified

One per parent object

ethnicity

extensibleVocabulary: 

  • africanAmerican
  • alaskaNative
  • americanIndian
  • asian
  • hispanic
  • nativeHawaiian
  • other
  • pacificIslander
  • white

The ethnicity of the person (US Census)

Yes (ethnicities)

gender

extensibleVocabulary: 

  • female
  • male

The gender of the person

No

identifier



Yes (identifiers)

identifier/identifier

string

The identifier

One per parent object

identifier/type

extensibleVocabulary: 

  • applicant
  • badge
  • badge-barcode
  • badge-chip
  • badge-magstripe
  • enterprise
  • external
  • national
  • network
  • referenceId
  • role
  • role-affiliate
  • role-alumni
  • role-employee
  • role-guest
  • role-student
  • sor
  • sor-affiliate
  • sor-alumni
  • sor-employee
  • sor-guest
  • sor-student
  • former-anytype

The type of the identifier

  • applicant: Identifier assigned to an applicant (eg: student application registration system)
  • badge: Identifier as encoded on a badge/physical ID card
  • badge-barcode: Identifier as encoded on a 1D or 2D barcode printed on a badge
  • badge-chip: Identifier as stored on a smart chip (contact or NFC) embedded in a badge
  • badge-magstripe: Identifier as encoded on a magnetic stripe of a badge
  • enterprise: Persistent identifier used to uniquely identify an individual across the enterprise
  • external: Identifier assigned by an external (federated) system
  • national: Government issued identifier (eg: SSN)
  • network: Identifier used for access to network services (eg: NetID)
  • referenceId: An ID Match reference identifier
  • role: Persistent identifier for a given role, used by an individual system of record and/or registry
  • role-*: Persistent identifier for a given role assigned by the specified system of record
  • sor: Persistent identifier used by an individual system of record
  • sor-*: Persistent identifier assigned by the specified system of record

One per parent object

identityProof



Yes (identityProofs)

identityProof/dateOfBirth

date

Date of birth, as confirmed on document

One per parent object

identityProof/documentIssuer

string

Name of agency issuing the confirmation document

One per parent object

identityProof/documentType

extensibleVocabulary:

  • driversLicense
  • national
  • passport
  • regional
  • tribal

Type of document used to confirm identity

  • driversLicense: Photo ID used to license drivers
  • national: ID issued by a national government, other than drivers licenses or passports
  • passport: Passport, including Passport Cards
  • regional: ID issued by a regional government (such as states or provinces), other than drivers licenses
  • tribal: ID issued by a tribal government (such as Native American tribes)

One per parent object

identityProof/fullName

string

Full name, as confirmed on document

One per parent object

identityProof/status

extensibleVocabulary:

  • expired
  • invalid
  • valid

Status of the identity proofing

One per parent object

identityProof/timeVerified

dateTime

Time document was confirmed

One per parent object

identityProof/verifiedAddress

string

Address, as confirmed on document

One per parent object

name



Yes (names)

name/family

string

The component of the person's name excluding the given, middle, and honorific components

One per parent object

name/formatted

string

The person's name, suitably formatted for display

One per parent object

name/given

string

The component of the person's name excluding the middle, family, and honorific components

One per parent object

name/language

locale

The language encoding of the person's name

One per parent object

name/middle

string

The component of the person's name excluding the given, family, and honorific components

One per parent object

name/prefix

string

The honorific prefix of the person's name, such as "Dr" or "Ms"

One per parent object

name/suffix

string

The honorific suffix of the person's name, such as "Jr" or "III"

One per parent object

name/type

extensibleVocabulary:

  • author
  • fka
  • official
  • preferred

The type of the name

  • author: Name suitable for publishing (eg: on academic papers)
  • fka: "Formerly Known As", a previous name for the person (eg: maiden name)
  • official: Name as found on government-issued ID
  • preferred: Name as self-asserted

One per parent object

photo



Yes (photos)

photo/data

binary

Encoding of a photo of the person

One per parent object

photo/encoding

extensibleVocabulary:

  • bmp
  • gif
  • jpg
  • png
  • tiff

The encoding used for the photo

One per parent object

photo/type

extensibleVocabulary:

  • badge
  • official
  • personal

The type of the photo (not the encoding)

  • badge: Photo used on an ID card
  • official: Photo taken for official purposes (such as display in a faculty directory)
  • personal: User supplied photo for non-official purposes

One per parent object

primaryAffiliation

string

The primary affiliation for the person, as defined by the institution (values same as for Person Role affiliation attribute, below)

No

primaryCampus

string

The primary campus location for the person, as defined by the institution

No

role


Parent attribute for Role attributes, described below

Yes

telephoneNumber



Yes (telephoneNumbers)

telephoneNumber/number

string

Telephone number for the person, preferably in + notation

One per parent object

telephoneNumber/type

extensibleVocabulary:

  • campus
  • fax
  • home
  • mobile
  • office
  • summer
  • former-anytype

The type of the telephone number

One per parent object

telephoneNumber/verified

boolean

True if the telephone number has been verified

One per parent object

test

boolean

True if this record represents a test entry

No

url



Yes (urls)

url/url

string

URL for the person

One per parent object

url/type

extensibleVocabulary:

  • official
  • personal

The type of the telephone number

One per parent object

visa

extensibleVocabulary:

  • permanentResident
  • A
  • A-2
  • B-1
  • B-2
  • BCC
  • C
  • CR1
  • D
  • E
  • E-3
  • F
  • G-1
  • G-2
  • G-3
  • G-4
  • G-5
  • H-1B
  • H-1B1
  • H-2A
  • H-2B
  • H-3
  • I
  • IR1
  • J
  • K-1
  • K-3
  • L
  • M
  • NATO
  • P
  • Q
  • T
  • TD
  • TN
  • U

Visa status of the person

No

Person Role Core Attributes

Attribute

Data Type

Definition

Multi-Valued?

address


As defined for Person Attributes

Yes (addresses)

affiliation

extensibleVocabulary:

  • affiliate
  • alum
  • employee
  • faculty
  • library-walk-in
  • member
  • staff
  • student

The person's broad relationship to the institution for the role (eduPerson)

One per role

campus

string

The campus location this role is attached to, as defined by the institution

Yes (campuses)

campusCodestringMachine readable identifier for a campus. This value is unlikely to have meaning outside of a specific institution.Yes (campusCodes)

department

string

The name of the department the role is attached to (multiple values are permitted if multiple departments sponsor a single role)

Yes (departments)

departmentCodestringMachine readable identifier for a department. This value is unlikely to have meaning outside of a specific institution.Yes (departmentCodes)

displayTitle

string

The display title for this role

One per role

emailAddress


As defined for Person Attributes

Yes (emailAddresses)

identifier


As defined for Person Attributes

Yes (identifiers)

leaveBegins

dateTime

Time at which leave from this role begins; advisory – status is controlling

One per role

leaveEnds

dateTime

Time after which leave from this role is no longer in effect; advisory – status is controlling

One per role

manager

string

An identifier (preferably of type enterprise) describing the manager for this role

(warning) This should become a complex attribute (identifier+type)

Yes (managers)

organization

string

The name of the organization/institution the role is attached to (multiple values are permitted if multiple organizations sponsor a single role)

Yes (organizations)

organizationCodestringMachine readable identifier for an organization. This value is unlikely to have meaning outside of a specific institution.Yes (organizationCodes)

percentTime

integer (0 - 100)

The percentage time for this role (100 = full time)

One per role

rank

positive integer

The rank of this role relative to all roles from all SORs (highest rank = 1)

One per role

rankSor

positive integer

The rank of this role relative to_ only_ roles from this SOR (highest rank = 1)

One per role

roleBegins

dateTime

Time at which the role officially begins

One per role

roleEnds

dateTime

Time after which the role is officially no longer in effect

One per role

sor

string

Label for the system of record asserting this role

One per role

sponsor

string

An identifier (preferably of type enterprise) describing the sponsor for this role

(warning) This should become a complex attribute (identifier+type)

Yes (sponsors)

status

extensibleVocabulary:

  • accepted
  • applied
  • active
  • offered
  • onLeave
  • registered
  • suspended
  • terminated

Status associated with this role:

  • The person has accepted an offer for this role (enrollment or hire)
  • The person has applied for this role (enrollment or hire)
  • The role is active (hire)
  • The person has been made an offer for this role but has not yet accepted (enrollment or hire)
  • The person is on leave from this role (enrollment or hire)
  • The person has registered for this role (enrollment)
  • The person has been suspended from this role (enrollment or hire)
  • The role has been terminated (enrollment or hire) (termination date is in roleEnds)

One per role

telephoneNumber


As defined for Person Attributes

Yes (telephoneNumbers)

terminationReason

extensibleVocabulary:

  • deceased
  • graduated
  • involuntary
  • resigned
  • retired
  • withdrew

Reason for termination associated with this role

One per role

title

string

The official title for this role

Yes (titles)

url


As defined for Person Attributes

Yes (urls)

validFrom

dateTime

Time at which services associated with the role should begin

One per role

validThrough

dateTime

Time after which services associated with the role should be terminated

One per role

HR Person Role Attributes

Attribute

Data Type

Definition

Multi-Valued?

employeeType

extensibleVocabulary:

  • consultant
  • contractor
  • emeritus
  • exempt
  • regular
  • tenured
  • vendor
  • visiting
  • workStudy


No

Student Person Role Attributes

Attribute

Data Type

Definition

Multi-Valued?

classYear

extensibleVocabulary:

  • freshman
  • sophomore
  • junior
  • senior
  • ####

#### is a four digit expected year of graduation

No

courseAffiliation

extensibleVocabulary:

  • Administrator
  • ContentDeveloper
  • Instructor
  • Learner
  • Manager
  • Member
  • Mentor
  • Officer
  • TeachingAssistant


Person's affiliation/role with a course. Based on MACE-Dir work.Yes, per-courseMembership

courseMembership

string


Yes

degree

extensibleVocabulary:

  • AAS
  • BA
  • BFA
  • BS
  • DDS
  • DNP
  • JD
  • LLM
  • MA
  • MArch
  • MBA
  • MD
  • MFA
  • MPH
  • MPS
  • MS
  • PhD


Yes, if a single program generates more than one degree. (Otherwise use separate roles.)

major

Yes (majors)
major/majorstringStudent's majorNo
major/majorCodestringMachine readable identifier for the major. This value is unlikely to have meaning outside of a specific institution.No
major/type

extensibleVocabulary

  • dual
  • minor
  • primary
  • secondary

No

residenceHall

string


No

studentType

extensibleVocabulary:

  • continuing
  • graduate
  • nondegree
  • professional
  • secondary
  • summer
  • undergraduate
  • visiting
Secondary = (eg) high schoolNo
termdateTermTerm for which this record appliesNo

College/School should be expressed in organization and Major/Program should be expressed in department. (XXX or should they get dedicated attributes?)

Extended Attributes

The Core Schema may be extended. How extended attributes are conveyed between participants is outside of the scope of this document. Extended attributes must begin with x-, may be hierarchical, and may be attached to the Person or Person Role.