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title: locality
description: The entry with this object class represents a place in the physical world.
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# locality

The entry with this object class represents a place in the physical world.

|                       |                                                                                                                                                                |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*                 | 2.5.6.3                                                                                                                                                        |
| *Names*               | locality                                                                                                                                                       |
| *Superior classes*    | [top](oc-top.html)                                                                                                                                             |
| *Class type*          | STRUCTURAL: for structural specification of the DIT. Entries have only one structural object class superclass chain.                                           |
| *Required attributes* | [objectClass](at-objectClass.html)                                                                                                                             |
| *Optional attributes* | [description](at-description.html), [l](at-l.html), [searchGuide](at-searchGuide.html), [seeAlso](at-seeAlso.html), [st](at-st.html), [street](at-street.html) |
| *Origin*              | [RFC 4519](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4519)                                                                                                      |
| *Schema file*         | 00-core.ldif                                                                                                                                                   |