partType

Description

This attribute indicates the type of participant.

Parent

groupParticipant

Type

Attribute.

Required

No.

Values

identifier, member, option, multiple, data

• The identifier value is a participant that identifies the entire group. If this participant is found in the document, the group is considered to exist whether other group participants are found. This is the default value if the partType attribute is not specified.
• The member value is a normal member of a group. If it is found by itself, it does not identify a group. If it is not found in a group, the group is considered incomplete.
• The option value indicates that the participant is optional. If it is not found, the group is still considered complete and no incomplete flag is set in the Server Behaviors panel.
• The multiple value indicates that the participant is optional and multiple copies of it can be associated with the server behavior. Any parameters that are unique to this participant are not used when grouping participants because they might have different values.
• The data value is a nonstandard participant that is used by programmers as a repository for additional group data. It is ignored by everything else.