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Structural Classes

Most of the object classes in a directory are structural, because they define what an entry is. They also impose rules on the entries that are stored beneath them. For example, the object class organization (o) may require that all objects stored beneath it belong to the object class organizationalUnit (ou). Other examples of structural object classes are groupOfNames, inetOrgPerson, and person.