---
id: "username"
kind: "datatype"
status: "draft"
is_pii: true
categories: ["pii", "persons"]
langs: ["common"]
quality: 40
url: "http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/username"
---

# Username (`username`)

> **Draft.** Draft records have not been reviewed yet and may be incomplete or wrong; do not treat them as authoritative for legal or compliance decisions.

Name of the user or login, commonly used for authentication or user identification purposes

- Personal data (PII): yes
- Categories: Personally identifiable information (pii), Person related (persons)
- Countries: global
- Languages: Common to most languages (common)
- Classification: identifier

## Mappings

- dpv: `pd:Username`

## Metacrafter rules

3 rules: 2 match the field name, 1 match values.

- `usernamefield` (field, `common/useraccounts.yaml`)
- `usernamevalue` (data, `common/useraccounts.yaml`)
- `usernamebyknown` (field, `pii/pii.yaml`)

## Supported by tools

- `awscomprehend`
- `csvdetective`
- `metabase`
- `metacrafter`
- `metacrafterpro`
- `metadata-guardian`
- `piicatcher`

## Quality

Score 40/100. Missing: regexp, examples, negative example, source link, translation.

JSON: <http://registry.apicrafter.io/api/v1/datatypes/username.json> · Edit: <https://github.com/apicrafter/metacrafter-registry/edit/main/data/datatypes/any/persons/username.yaml>