eduPerson

eduPerson is a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) schema designed to include widely-used person and organizational attributes in higher education. The eduPerson object class provides a common list of attributes and definitions, drawing on the existing standards in higher education. Related object classes include:

• eduOrg

• eduMember

• eduCourse

Development of eduPerson was originally created and supported with funding from Internet2, and was formally transitioned to REFEDS for management on 15 October 2018.

eduPerson Release History

• eduPerson (201602) (supports ORCID identifiers)
• eduPerson (201310)
• eduPerson (201203)