givenName

Submitted by Andreas Åkre Solberg [1] on 10 November, 2007 - 22:16

givenName

A short description

The part of a person's name which is not their surname nor middle name

Usage

Utility class
[ Core | Standard | Extended ]
Basic applications like white pages and some authorization data.

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

Multiple values?
Multivalued

Value format
DirectoryString

Origin Attribute origin
Common Attributes

LDAP

OID: 2.5.4.42
Datatype: DirectoryString

eduGAIN

This attribute is planned to be used with eduGAIN. In eduGAIN this attribute will be identified as:
urn:mace:dir:attribute-def:sn

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The given name of the person, obtained from the employee management system or the student registry.

We do not require that this attribute exists, and it may have multiple values. If it does have multiple values they represent the alternative renderings of the given name.

Examples

Walter Martin
Walter