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

A `simpleMultiValued` element has the following XML attributes:

* `childName`: 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 emails SCIM attribute is email.

* `dataType`: a required attribute specifying the simple data type for the plural SCIM attribute (in other words, the data type for the value sub-attribute). The following values are permitted: `binary`, `boolean`, `dateTime`, `integer`, and `string`.

* `caseExact`: an optional attribute that is only applicable for string data types. It indicates whether comparisons between two string values use a case-exact match or a case-ignore match. The default value is `false`.

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

* `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>)*.

* `mapping`: an optional element specifying a default mapping between the SCIM attribute and an LDAP attribute.