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Attribute
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Definition
Higgins uses the Identity Gang definition of Identity Attribute.
Examples
Some of attributes are relevant to a Digital Subject in a given Context (e.g., name, account number, etc) and some that are specific to particular roles that they may take on in that given Context. Some of these attributes may also be shared across different Context.
For example, Bob Smith has email-address, phone number, passport information, finger print data, etc about him which may be shared across his employer Context, the port control authority Context, etc.
Bob Smith has an attribute of platinumCustomer, and preferredColor of "blue" in the “customer to Clothes-R-Us" Context