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 required required required required discarded discarded < discarded discarded discarded discarded required required required required discarded (see note 1.) discarded (see note 1.) 1. A created user account is always active. It is not possible to activate or deactivate a user account using the update method. This can only be done by using the activate() and deactivate() methods.