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[Will Norris <>]

On Jul 27, 2006, at 10:28 AM, Tom Barton wrote:
> Will Norris wrote:
> > I vaguely remember talk of adding arbitrary attributes to a group  
> > that could then be used by a provisioning connector for various  
> > purposes.  For example, defining an eduPersonEntitlement for a  
> > group so that a custom provisioning connector could push that  
> > entitlement out to all group members in LDAP.  Is this implemented  
> > in the API and/or the UI?
>
> The other I day I wrote the following, which I think applies as  
> well to your question:
>
> Yes. I have on my todo list to write a page for the wiki about to  
> how use the XML import tool to load the definitions of custom group  
> types and attributes into your Groups Registry, but once they're  
> there you can manage them in the UI (and in the API, of course).  
> The 2nd part of the tutorial <http://middleware.internet2.edu/dir/ 
> groups/grouper/grouper-1.0-RC1/tutorial/UI-help.html> shows you how.
>
> And for the impatient (and aren't we all?), you can look at the  
> <metadata> element in quickstart.xml to see how some custom types  
> and attributes are declared in XML. Basically, follow that example  
> and import your custom extensions using "ant xml-import" (see the  
> XML Import-Export tool wiki page for usage details). There's a  
> version of this metadata at <https://wiki.internet2.edu/confluence/ 
> download/attachments/1998/metadata.xml>.

Thanks Tom.  Is it possible to for an attribute to be multivalued, or  
will I need to use a delimiter?

-will

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