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

A `mapping` element has the following XML attributes:

* `ldapAttribute`: a required element specifying the name of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
  \<p>An open, cross platform protocol used for interacting with directory services.\</p>
  \</div>)* attribute to which 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 or sub-attribute map.

* `transform`: an optional element specifying a transformation to apply when mapping an attribute value from SCIM to LDAP, and LDAP to SCIM. The available transformations are described in [Map LDAP schema to SCIM resource schema](pd_sync_map_ldap_schema_scim.html).