Reused usernames and persistentIds

Cantor, Scott cantor.2 at osu.edu
Wed Oct 22 12:51:10 EDT 2014


On 10/22/14, 12:33 PM, "John Hascall" <john at iastate.edu> wrote:

>Does uApprove give you the ability to compute the persistentId using a
>field other than the username?

uApprove doesn't have anything to do with managing persistent IDs. For the
IdP, the answer is yes, it's a requirement. Using usernames for this is a
terrible idea that nobody should even consider, whether they reassign them
or not. Most usernames change anyway.

-- Scott



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