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title: nameForms
description: This operational attribute used in LDAP schema defines name forms, which specify naming relations for structural object classes.
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# nameForms

This operational attribute used in LDAP schema defines name forms, which specify naming relations for structural object classes.

|                             |                                                                                    |
| --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*                       | 2.5.21.7                                                                           |
| *Names*                     | nameForms                                                                          |
| *Syntax*                    | [NameFormDescription](s-NameFormDescription.html)                                  |
| *Equality matching rule*    | [objectIdentifierFirstComponentMatch](mr-objectIdentifierFirstComponentMatch.html) |
| *Single value*              | false: multiple values allowed                                                     |
| *User modification allowed* | true                                                                               |
| *Usage*                     | directoryOperation                                                                 |
| *Origin*                    | [RFC 4512](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4512)                          |
| *Schema file*               | 00-core.ldif                                                                       |
| *Used by*                   | [subschema](oc-subschema.html)                                                     |