--- title: description description: Human-readable descriptive phrase about the entry. component: pingds version: 8.1 page_id: pingds:schemaref:at-description canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingds/8.1/schemaref/at-description.html --- # description Human-readable descriptive phrase about the entry. | | | | --------------------------- | 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| | *OID* | 2.5.4.13 | | *Names* | description | | *Syntax* | [DirectoryString](s-DirectoryString.html) | | *Equality matching rule* | [caseIgnoreMatch](mr-caseIgnoreMatch.html) | | *Ordering matching rule* | [caseIgnoreOrderingMatch](mr-caseIgnoreOrderingMatch.html) | | *Substring matching rule* | [caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch](mr-caseIgnoreSubstringsMatch.html) | | *Single value* | false: multiple values allowed | | *User modification allowed* | true | | *Usage* | userApplications | | *Origin* | [RFC 4519](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4519) | | *Schema file* | 00-core.ldif | | *Used by* | [SolarisProject](oc-SolarisProject.html), [account](oc-account.html), [applicationEntity](oc-applicationEntity.html), [applicationProcess](oc-applicationProcess.html), [automount](oc-automount.html), [automountMap](oc-automountMap.html), [corbaObject](oc-corbaObject.html), [corbaObjectReference](oc-corbaObjectReference.html), [country](oc-country.html), [dNSDomain](oc-dNSDomain.html), [dSA](oc-dSA.html), [device](oc-device.html), [dmd](oc-dmd.html), [document](oc-document.html), [documentSeries](oc-documentSeries.html), [domain](oc-domain.html), [fr-idm-internal-role](oc-fr-idm-internal-role.html), [friendlyCountry](oc-friendlyCountry.html), [groupOfEntries](oc-groupOfEntries.html), [groupOfMembers](oc-groupOfMembers.html), [groupOfNames](oc-groupOfNames.html), [groupOfURLs](oc-groupOfURLs.html), [groupOfUniqueNames](oc-groupOfUniqueNames.html), [inetOrgPerson](oc-inetOrgPerson.html), [ipHost](oc-ipHost.html), [ipNetwork](oc-ipNetwork.html), [ipProtocol](oc-ipProtocol.html), [ipService](oc-ipService.html), [javaMarshalledObject](oc-javaMarshalledObject.html), [javaNamingReference](oc-javaNamingReference.html), [javaObject](oc-javaObject.html), [javaSerializedObject](oc-javaSerializedObject.html), [locality](oc-locality.html), [nisKeyObject](oc-nisKeyObject.html), [nisMap](oc-nisMap.html), [nisNetgroup](oc-nisNetgroup.html), [nisObject](oc-nisObject.html), [nisplusTimeZoneData](oc-nisplusTimeZoneData.html), [oncRpc](oc-oncRpc.html), [organization](oc-organization.html), [organizationalPerson](oc-organizationalPerson.html), [organizationalRole](oc-organizationalRole.html), [organizationalUnit](oc-organizationalUnit.html), [person](oc-person.html), [pilotDSA](oc-pilotDSA.html), [pilotOrganization](oc-pilotOrganization.html), [pilotPerson](oc-pilotPerson.html), [posixAccount](oc-posixAccount.html), [posixGroup](oc-posixGroup.html), [rFC822LocalPart](oc-rFC822LocalPart.html), [residentialPerson](oc-residentialPerson.html), [room](oc-room.html), [sambaConfig](oc-sambaConfig.html), [sambaConfigOption](oc-sambaConfigOption.html), [sambaGroupMapping](oc-sambaGroupMapping.html), [sambaSamAccount](oc-sambaSamAccount.html), [sambaShare](oc-sambaShare.html), [shadowAccount](oc-shadowAccount.html), [slpService](oc-slpService.html), [slpServicePrinter](oc-slpServicePrinter.html), [sunRealmService](oc-sunRealmService.html), [sunservice](oc-sunservice.html), [sunservicecomponent](oc-sunservicecomponent.html), [untypedObject](oc-untypedObject.html) |