<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Well, it is used as more than a greeting for the user - That was just one example. Another is the user's certificates of completion that uses these values separately.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>But, I am curious - Why is givenName a multi-value attribute? We have nickname... Was there a specific scenario that created a need for multiple values for these?</span></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york',
times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Peter Schober <peter.schober@univie.ac.at><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> users@shibboleth.net <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 6, 2012 7:09 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: Handling a multi-value attribute question<br> </font> </div> <br>
* Mike Flynn <<a ymailto="mailto:shibbolethlynda@yahoo.com" href="mailto:shibbolethlynda@yahoo.com">shibbolethlynda@yahoo.com</a>> [2012-12-06 15:41]:<br>> In this instance, with multiple values, how do I know which value to<br>> use? <br><br>One could also frame this as a use case for "attribute options"<br><a href="https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/macedir/Attribute+Options" target="_blank">https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/macedir/Attribute+Options</a><br>i.e., specific properties of attributes.<br>In this case it could be a "preferred" or "legalname" property.<br>No support in protocols or software exists for that today, of course,<br>outside LDAP.<br><br>> Should the school in question make that determination and apprise<br>> me?<br><br>I doubt most institutions would even be able to tell you which values<br>always to prefer (only "first" and "last" come to mind anyway).<br>But you can always ask, if you're willing to do
different processing<br>of attribute values depending in the issuer of the assertion<br>(which for a simple greeting is complete overkill, IMO. As an IDP<br>admin I wouldn't even send name attributes if their only use way for a<br>greeting, let alone go into that level of detail regarding multiple<br>values.)<br>-peter<br>--<br>To unsubscribe from this list send an email to <a ymailto="mailto:users-unsubscribe@shibboleth.net" href="mailto:users-unsubscribe@shibboleth.net">users-unsubscribe@shibboleth.net</a><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>