ou

Element Name

ou

Description

For the UH Online directory, the person's department name AND the campus name

UH Data ClassificationPublic per Executive Policy 2.214

LDAP Attribute Info

  • Name: ou
  • OID: 2.5.4.11
  • Indexing: no
  • Required: no
  • Multivalued: yes(1)

Required Format for Storage

string

Example Stored Data(1)

There are typically two values, one for the department (e.g. Information and Computer Sciences) and another one for the campus (e.g. University of Hawaii at Manoa).

ou value for campus(ou values for department are too numerous and ever-changing)
Hawaii Community College
Honolulu Community College
Kapiolani Community College
Kauai Community College
Leeward Community College
Research Corporation of UH
UH Foundation
University of Hawaii - West Oahu
University of Hawaii Maui College
University of Hawaii System
University of Hawaii at Hilo
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Windward Community College
Systems of RecordWhite Pages Management System (WPMS)

Notes

  1. There is no significance to the order of appearance. No assumptions can be made about the contents of the first row, for example.
  2. WPMS department contacts provide updates and corrections as needed.
  3. This is an optional attribute and may be empty. Department and campus names are manually entered; consistency of spelling cannot be assumed.
  4. An alternative strategy for deriving department name is available:
    1. Parse the employing agency code (eac=numericCodeHere) out of the <uhScopedHomeOrg>. 
      1. See <https://www.hawaii.edu/bwiki/download/attachments/237961967/EAC.pdf> for the code values.
  5. We are probably not using this LDAP attribute the way it was intended.