UpperCase Attribute

[Cantor, Scott]

On 12/2/11 2:54 PM, "Peter Schober" <peter.schober at univie.ac.at> wrote:

>* Kidd, Don W. <kidddw at muohio.edu> [2011-12-02 20:38]:
>> I am connecting our IDP to a new SP, and they expect our EPPN to be
>> in Uppercase, is there a way to uppercase an attribute in
>> attribute-filter?
>
>There's simply no such requirement in the eduPerson spec, so if that's
>a requirement of the SP I'd say the party running the SP should
>perform whatever processing they feel necessary in their own code.
>(If the SP is actually yours and you're trying to work around some
>specific problem that's something else.)

Certainly true, but also commonly just one of those things. The SP of
course doesn't care about EPPN, they just want "userid".

The main point is you shouldn't use the EPPN attribute you're already
supporting. If you have to special case it, use a different attribute (as
your script was attempting) so that it's clearly custom. Bonus points for
naming it http://muohio.edu/attribute/service/paininneck

Substitute an appropriate body part for neck.

-- Scott