!!! Overview [{$pagename}] represents an [entity] that is marked for deletion but has not yet been removed. !! [{$pagename}] [Microsoft Active Directory] [Microsoft Active Directory] has several entries which are processed for a [{$pagename}]: * [Tombstone] * [Deleted-objects] * [recycled-object] Normally, only [leaf] objects (objects without descendants in the directory tree) can be deleted. There is also a special [Subtree Delete Control] operation, with which whole trees of objects are removed In most cases, upon deletion, a [tombstone], [deleted-object], or [recycled-object] is moved into the [{$pagename}] container of its NC. for exceptions see section 3.1.1.5.5.6. The [RDN] of the [{$pagename}] is changed to a "delete-mangled RDN"-an [RDN] that is guaranteed to be unique within the Deleted Objects container. If O is the object that is deleted, the delete-mangled [RDN] is the concatenation of O!name, the character with value 0x0A, the string "DEL:", and the dashed string representation ([RFC 4122] section 3) of O!objectGUID. During this concatenation, if required, the O!name part is truncated to ensure that the length of the delete-mangled RDN does not violate the [RDN] size constraint. The [RDN] attribute of this object is also set to this delete-mangled RDN value. The illegal character constraint regarding a character with the value 0xA is not enforced for this delete-mangled [Relative Distinguished Name]. Also, the rangeUpper constraint for the [RDN] attribute of this object is not enforced. A "delete-mangled DN" is a DN such that the [leaf] RDN is a delete-mangled RDN. !! More Information There might be more information for this subject on one of the following: [{ReferringPagesPlugin before='*' after='\n' }]