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title: "<complex> element"
description: The complex element does not have any XML attributes. It contains the following XML element:
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# \<complex> element

The `complex` element does not have any XML attributes. It contains the following XML element:

* `subAttribute`: one or more elements specifying the sub-attributes of the complex System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
  \<p>An application-level, HTTP-based protocol for provisioning and managing user identity information. SCIM supplies a common schema for representing users and groups and provides a REST API.\</p>
  \</div>)* attribute, and an optional mapping to Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
  \<p>An open, cross platform protocol used for interacting with directory services.\</p>
  \</div>)*. The standard type, primary, and display sub-attributes do not need to be specified.