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Retired Athens attributes

These attributes have already been phased out and should never be seen. You should not expect to receive them and must ignore them if you do. They are listed here only as a transition aid.

persistentUID

A very old Athens specific identifier. 

Example: "a7ab7e00:01618ce"

Instead use: targetedID (urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.10)

urn:mace:eduserv.org.uk:athens:attribute-def:organisation:1.0:name

The users home organisation display name.

Example "NHS England"

Instead use: Your own customer records

urn:mace:eduserv.org.uk:athens:attribute-def:organisation:1.0:type

The users home organisation type,

Examples "HEALTH", "EDU"

Instead use: Your own customer records

urn:mace:eduserv.org.uk:athens:attribute-def:organisation:1.0:subType

The users home organisation sub-type

Example "NHS"

Instead use: Your own customer records

urn:mace:eduserv.org.uk:athens:attribute-def:person:1.0:role

The users role/affiliation. This is the same value as used by eduPersonScopedAffiliation.

Example: "member"

Instead use: role (urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.9)

urn:mace:eduserv.org.uk:athens:attribute-def:person:1.0:persistentUID

The OpenAthens Persistent Identifier. A unique ID for the user that is provided for service providers migrating from the Athens Federation. 

Example: "7ea0f303:019ae83"

Instead use: targeted ID (urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.10)

urn:mace:eduserv.org.uk:athens:attribute-def:person:1.0:groups

OpenAthens user group names. Used by OpenAthens identifiers to categorise sets of user accounts. Can have multiple values.

Example: "Scientific/Technical"

Instead use: role or entitlement values (urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.9 or urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.7).

urn:mace:eduserv.org.uk:athens:attribute-def:person:1.0:accountType

The OpenAthens account type. Used to differentiate between Access (shared) and Personal accounts.

Example: "6"

Instead use: role or entitlement values (urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.9 or urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.7)

urn:mace:eduserv.org.uk:athens:attribute-def:person:1.0:username

The OpenAthens account username.

Example: "nhsathenstest"

Instead use: targeted ID (urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.10)

urn:mace:eduserv.org.uk:athens:attribute-def:organisation:1.0:country

The users' organisation home country

Example: "GB-ENG"

Instead use: Your own customer records

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