Purpose
The eduPersonAffiliation attribute currently has the following values allowed:
- faculty, student, staff, alum, member, affiliate, employee, library-walk-in
Over the years, there have been various requests to extend that list to include values such as “contractor.” The Schema Board is considering kicking off a subcommittee to review the existing values and suggest changes (if necessary). We’ll also look at any other issues or concerns with the definition and use of this attribute and come up with a proposal to adjust with a proposal.
Mailing list
https://lists.refeds.org/sympa/info/edupersonaffiliation-discuss
Members
- Alan Buxey(chair)
- Heather Flanagan
- Ignacio Pérez Martín
- David Langenberg
- Tommy Doan
- Mikael Linden (ELIXIR-Finland)
- Eskil Swahn
- David St Pierre Bantz
- Christos Kanellopoulos
- Scott Cantor
- Vivian Ota Wang (NIH/NCI)
- Steve Glover (Jisc UK)
- Meshna Koren (Elsevier)
Resources
- Google Doc - working copy of the eduPersonAffiliation definition
- GA4GH: REFEDS eduPerson Schema Position
- SWiTCH Federation interpretation and mapping: https://www.switch.ch/aai/support/documents/attributes/edupersonaffiliation/
- Feide examples: https://www.feide.no/attribute/edupersonaffiliation
- Diagram of how affiliations may overlap: https://wiki.niif.hu/index.php?title=EduPersonAffiliation
- Andrew Cormack's review of the interpretations several identity federations had made on eduPersonAffiliation: https://refeds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ePSAcomparison_0_13.pdf
- dbGaP Data Use Certification (PDF)