displayName

Submitted by Andreas Åkre Solberg [1] on 10 November, 2007 - 22:14

displayName

A short description

The name(s) that should appear in white-pages-like applications for this person; preferred name of a person to be used when displaying entries

Usage

Utility class
[ Core | Standard | Extended ]
Of use to some set of more specialized applications.

Is attribute required?
Optional. Application selects whether it will support attribute or not.

Confidentiality
Low. Data well known from other sources.

Integrity
Medium. Values should be up to date.

Availability
Medium. If the LDAP uses this attribute, it should normally be provided for relevant objects. Authorization may fail if no value is available.

Details

Multivalued Multiple values?
Single value

Value format
DirectoryString

Origin Attribute origin
Common Attributes

LDAP

OID: 2.16.840.1.113730.3.1.241
Datatype: DirectoryString

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Since other attribute types such as cn (commonName) are multi-valued, displayName is a better candidate for use in white pages and configurable email clients. If the institution's employee and student management systems support this the attribute may be used.

Example applications for which this attribute would be useful:

Directory of directories, white pages, email client.

Examples

Jack Dougherty
Walter Tveter