Following you will find information which elements and attributes are "required", "optional", "not-allowed" or will be "discarded" in the input XML-stream when creating or updating such an object. In "create" the rule for creating a new object is defined. In "update" the rule for updating an object is defined. Possible values are: required | optional | not-allowed | discarded required: this element or attribute has to be delivered optional: this element or attribute can be delivered and will be kept not-allowed: this element or attribute is not allowed in delivery and will cause an exception discarded: this element or attribute can be delivered but will not be used requiredrequired optionaloptional (see comment)if not present in XML-stream and exists in stored object this component will be deleted. optionaloptional (see comment)if not present in XML-stream and exists in stored object this content will be deleted. discarded discarded discarded discarded optional optional discardedrequired, if empty or missing the component is treated as new requiredrequired discardeddiscarded discardeddiscarded optionaloptional requiredrequired requiredrequired discardeddiscarded requiredrequired requiredrequired optionaloptional requiredrequired optionaloptional