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Federated Identity Service - Digital ID Card Attributes

When using Federated Identity Service, you will occasionally encounter your Digital ID Card where we will ask you if you want to release basic information about your status and affiliation with CU Boulder. These pieces of information are called attributes and can sometimes be hard to decipher. The text below describes these attributes in clearer terms.

Attribute Display Name Description
cuEduPersonUUID CU UUID This is your unique CU ID number.
displayName Full Name This is your full display name as designated in IdM.
dn LDAP Distinguished Name This is your IdentiKey username formatted as an LDAP entry.
eduCourseMember Course Memberships This is a list of courses in which you are currently enrolled.
eduPersonAffiliation Affiliations This is a list of your current CU Affiliations (Staff, Student, etc.).
eduPersonEntitlement Entitlements This is a list of your current CU entitlements (e-mail, VPN access, etc.).
eduPersonPrincipalName Principal Name This is your IdentiKey username formatted as a Kerberos entry.
eduPersonScopedAffiliation CU Scoped Affiliations This is a list of your current CU Affiliations (Staff, Student, etc.) but it is formatted to be specific to CU.
employeeNumber Employee Number This is your CU employee number.
givenName First Name This is your first name as designated in IdM.
mail Email Address This is your primary email address.
sn   This is your last name as designated in Identity Manager.
uid IdentiKey This is your IdentiKey username.