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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">We used a similar workaround back when
      we used WebEx; I think we used a scripted attribute to substitute
      a "-" for given name if none was present.  We did this as a custom
      attribute that was only sent to WebEx so it would not corrupt
      non-broken systems.<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/1/2022 10:22 AM, Morgan, Andrew J
      via users wrote:<br>
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        Hi Warren,</div>
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        Here at Oregon State University, we set the person's firstname
        to "." (period) when the person has no firstname.  I'm guessing
        firstname was a required field back in the 1990s when OSU
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        Andy<br>
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          <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:users-bounces@shibboleth.net"><users-bounces@shibboleth.net></a> on behalf of Warren Leung
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          <b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 29, 2022 1:00 PM<br>
          <b>To:</b> Shib Users <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:users@shibboleth.net"><users@shibboleth.net></a><br>
          <b>Subject:</b> Re: Passing attribute with whitespace value</font>
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        <p><span style="color:#D73F09">[This email originated from
            outside of OSU. Use caution with links and attachments.]</span></p>
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              Hi Peter,</p>
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              We are currently working with HR on evaluating ways of
              displaying users who have no first name. We currently are
              receiving FNU from HR, but many downstream systems has
              expressed issues with it. Leaving it blank would create
              issues for other systems. I guess the overall problem is
              probably something I can ask in an InCommon mailing list.</p>
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              Thanks</p>
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              Warren</p>
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                <b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">From: </span></b><span
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                  Peter Schober via users <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:users@shibboleth.net"><users@shibboleth.net></a><br>
                  <b>Date: </b>Thursday, July 28, 2022 at 12:51 PM<br>
                  <b>To: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:users@shibboleth.net">users@shibboleth.net</a>
                  <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:users@shibboleth.net"><users@shibboleth.net></a><br>
                  <b>Cc: </b>Peter Schober
                  <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:peter.schober@univie.ac.at"><peter.schober@univie.ac.at></a><br>
                  <b>Subject: </b>Re: Passing attribute with whitespace
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                * Mark Scarbrough <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:scarbrom@uci.edu"><scarbrom@uci.edu></a> [2022-07-28
                16:30]:<br>
                > We have a use case where we are trying to pass a
                value of a single<br>
                > space in an attribute.<br>
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                Maybe I'll regret even askig but would you care to share
                what that use<br>
                case is or rather how a single space can convey the
                required semantics<br>
                (not not any other non-whitespace character)?<br>
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                -peter<br>
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