C Mapping Profile Items to Attributes

When developing portlet functionality that requires access to a user's identity, you often need to map between attributes in Oracle Portal and Oracle Internet Directory, and userProfileItems in WSRP. Note that for Oracle Portal Release 2 (10.1.4), these attributes are static and cannot be configured. This appendix provides a table that shows the mapping between various attributes.

C.1 Mapping userProfileItems to Attributes

Table C-1 provides a mapping of userProfileItems to Oracle Internet Directory and Oracle Portal attributes.

Note:

In cases where the Oracle Internet Directory attribute holds a complex string, like homePostalAddress, it is parsed into the needed component strings. The delimiter is assumed to be the dollar sign ($). For example, suppose you had the following value for homePostalAddress in Oracle Internet Directory:

123 Main St$$$Smallville$NY$10001

In the Oracle Portal profile attributes, this string would be parsed as follows:

123 Main St goes into HOME_ADDR1.
Smallville goes into HOME_CITY.
NY goes into HOME_STATE.
10001 goes into HOME_ZIP.

Table C-1 userProfileItems Mapping

Oracle Portal Profile Attributes	Oracle Internet Directory Attributes	WSRP userProfileItems
FIRST_NAME	givenName	name/given
LAST_NAME	sn	name/family
MIDDLE_NAME	middleName	name/middle
KNOWN_AS	displayName	name/nickname
DATE_OF_BIRTH	orclDateOfBirth	bDate
ORGANIZATION	o	employerInfo/employer
TITLE	title	employerInfo/jobtitle
HOME_ADDR1	homePostalAddress	homeInfo/postal/name
HOME_ADDR2		homeInfo/postal/street
HOME_ADDR3		homeInfo/postal/organization
HOME_CITY		homeInfo/postal/city
HOME_STATE		homeInfo/postal/stateprov
HOME_ZIP		homeInfo/postal/postalcode
HOME_COUNTRY		homeInfo/postal/country
HOME_PHONE	homePhone	homeInfo/telecom/telephone/number
OFFICE_ADDR1	street	businessInfo/postal/name
OFFICE_ADDR2		businessInfo/postal/street
OFFICE_ADDR3		businessInfo/postal/organization
OFFICE_CITY	l	businessInfo/postal/city
OFFICE_STATE	st	businessInfo/postal/stateprov
OFFICE_ZIP	postalCode	businessInfo/postal/postalcode
OFFICE_COUNTRY	c	businessInfo/postal/country
WORK_PHONE	telephoneNumber	businessInfo/telecom/telephone/number
FAX	facsimileTelephoneNumber	businessInfo/telecom/fax/number
MOBILE_PHONE	mobile	businessInfo/telecom/mobile/number
EMAIL	mail	businessInfo/online/email