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title: collectiveAttributeSubentry
description: Subentry for allocating collective attributes, which are attributes that apply to a group of entries.
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# collectiveAttributeSubentry

Subentry for allocating collective attributes, which are attributes that apply to a group of entries.

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| ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*         | 2.5.17.2                                                                                            |
| *Names*       | collectiveAttributeSubentry                                                                         |
| *Description* | LDAP Collective Attributes Subentry class                                                           |
| *Class type*  | AUXILIARY: for use in augmenting attributes of entries that already have a structural object class. |
| *Origin*      | [RFC 3671](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3671)                                           |
| *Schema file* | 00-core.ldif                                                                                        |