Defining user attributes
Portlets provide content personalized to the user making the request. As a result, the portlets might require access to user attributes such as the name, email, phone or address of the user. Portlet containers provide a mechanism to make available user information to portlets.
Table 1. User attributes Property Name Description User Attributes Defines the user attribute names that the portlets use. Used in the <name> in the <user-attribute> elements. Refer to the JSR 168 Portlet Specification Appendix D User Information Attribute Names for a list of recommended names that are derived from the Platform for Privacy Preferences 1.0 (P3P 1.0) Specification by the W3C (http://www.w3c.org/TR/P3P). For information about user attributes refer to WebSphere® Portal product documentation. Language Provides the language information used in the xml:lang attribute to localize the description.
Description Defines the descriptive text about the user attribute in the <description> element.
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