.. auto-generated by script ../../../../utils/nxdl2rst.py from the NXDL source ../../../../base_classes/NXuser.nxdl.xml

.. index::
    ! NXuser (base class)
    ! user (base class)
    see: user (base class); NXuser

.. _NXuser:

======
NXuser
======

**Status**:

  base class, extends :ref:`NXobject`, version 1.0

**Description**:

  Template of user's contact information.  The format allows more 
  than one user with the same affiliation and contact information, 
  but a second NXuser group should be used if they have different 
  affiliations, etc.

**Symbols**:

  No symbol table

**Groups cited**:
  none

**Structure**:

  .. index:: name (data field)

  **name**: :ref:`NX_CHAR <NX_CHAR>`

    Name of user responsible for this entry

  .. index:: role (data field)

  **role**: :ref:`NX_CHAR <NX_CHAR>`

    Role of user responsible for this entry.
    Suggested roles are "local_contact", 
    "principal_investigator", and "proposer"

  .. index:: affiliation (data field)

  **affiliation**: :ref:`NX_CHAR <NX_CHAR>`

    Affiliation of user

  .. index:: address (data field)

  **address**: :ref:`NX_CHAR <NX_CHAR>`

    Address of user

  .. index:: telephone_number (data field)

  **telephone_number**: :ref:`NX_CHAR <NX_CHAR>`

    Telephone number of user

  .. index:: fax_number (data field)

  **fax_number**: :ref:`NX_CHAR <NX_CHAR>`

    Fax number of user

  .. index:: email (data field)

  **email**: :ref:`NX_CHAR <NX_CHAR>`

    Email of user

  .. index:: facility_user_id (data field)

  **facility_user_id**: :ref:`NX_CHAR <NX_CHAR>`

    facility based unique identifier for this person 
    e.g. their identification code on the facility 
    address/contact database

**Source**:
  Automatically generated from https://github.com/nexusformat/definitions/blob/master/base_classes/NXuser.nxdl.xml