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title: "<complexMultiValued> element"
description: A complexMultiValued element has the following XML attributes:
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# \<complexMultiValued> element

A `complexMultiValued` element has the following XML attributes:

* `tag`: a required attribute specifying the name of the tag that is used to encode values of the 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 in XML in the REST API protocol. For example, the tag for the standard `addresses` SCIM attribute is `address`.

A `complexMultiValued` element contains the following XML elements in sequence:

* `subAttribute`: one or more elements specifying the sub-attributes of the complex SCIM attribute. The standard `type`, `primary`, and `display` sub-attributes do not need to be specified.

* `canonicalValue`: specifies the values of the type sub-attribute that is used to label each individual value, 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>)*.