Texas A&M University - Infrastructure Services

Higher Ed Primary Affiliation (eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation)

Definition: Broad category describing the account owner's primary affiliation with the University.
Attribute Name: 'eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation'
OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.5
URN: urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.5923.1.1.1.5
Object Class: eduPerson
Required: no
Multiple Values: Single-valued
Format: Directory String
Controlled Vocabulary: faculty A person recognized by Dean of Faculties or Office of Graduate Students as a faculty member and/or a person holding a Texas A&M University System faculty position.
staff A person holding a Texas A&M University System staff position.
student A person enrolled in courses.
employee A person employed by the Texas A&M University System.
member A member of the Texas A&M University community.
affiliate A person with whom the university has dealings, but to whom no general set of "community membership" privileges are extended.
alum Not used.
library-walk-in Not used.
Source: if tamuEduPersonAffiliation includes (faculty:official OR employee:faculty:[active | workingretiree | loa]) then eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation = faculty
else
if tamuEduPersonAffiliation includes (employee:staff:[active | workingretiree | loa]) then eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation = staff
else
if tamuEduPersonAffiliation includes (faculty:graduate) then eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation = faculty
else
if tamuEduPersonAffiliation includes (student:enrolled:*) then eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation = student
else
if tamuEduPersonAffiliation includes (employee:*:retired) then eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation = member
else
if tamuEduPersonAffiliation includes (employee:[studentworker | graduateassistant]:[active | workingretiree | loa]) then eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation = employee
else
if tamuEduPersonAffiliation includes (student:applicant OR student:admitted OR affiliate:*) then eduPersonPrimaryAffiliation = affiliate
Indexing: none
Search Syntax: EQUALITY caseIgnoreMatch
Access: Account owner has read access. Authenticated and nonauthenticated (anonymous) users have no access.
Usage:
Example(s): staff