Element Name | uid |
| Description | The UH Username. Each person affiliated with the University may obtain a UH Username. More information on obtaining a UH Username is available. |
| UH Data Classification | - Restricted per Executive Policy 2.214
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Element Qualities | Unique identifier. This identifier will never knowingly be assigned to another person. |
LDAP Attribute Info | - Name: uid
- OID: 0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.1
- Indexing: yes
- Required: no
- Multivalued: yes(1)
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Format for Storage | string(2) |
Example Stored Data(1) | jdoe |
| Systems of Record | UH Identity Management System (UHIMS) |
| UHIMS Events | - uid appears under messageData in all username messages:
- addUsername
- modifyUsernameUid
- modifyUsernameDisplayName
- modifyUsernameUhuuid
- deleteUsername
- uids appears everywhere uhUuid appears
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Notes | - There is no significance to the order of appearance. No assumptions can be made about the contents of the first row, for example.
- UHIMS defined uid format:
- At least 2 characters and at most 8 characters in length, with at least 2 letter characters.
- Only consists of number and letter characters, and no special characters.
- Starts with a letter character.
- Does not have the numbers 1, 5, or 0 after letter characters to prevent mistaking those numbers for the letters L, S, or O.
- Does not have numbers between letter characters.
- The UH Username is used to construct the @hawaii.edu email address. It is kept in sync with eduPersonPrincipalName, uhEmail and one of the values for mail (these three are the uid followed by @hawaii.edu)
- Note that in about 50 cases more than 1 value may be returned. There are rare cases where a second UH Username is a requirement.
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