# Data Types
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The Amazon Cognito Identity API contains several data types that various actions use. This section describes each data type in detail.

**Note**  
The order of each element in a data type structure is not guaranteed. Applications should not assume a particular order.

The following data types are supported:
+  [CognitoIdentityProvider](API_CognitoIdentityProvider.md) 
+  [Credentials](API_Credentials.md) 
+  [IdentityDescription](API_IdentityDescription.md) 
+  [IdentityPoolShortDescription](API_IdentityPoolShortDescription.md) 
+  [MappingRule](API_MappingRule.md) 
+  [RoleMapping](API_RoleMapping.md) 
+  [RulesConfigurationType](API_RulesConfigurationType.md) 
+  [UnprocessedIdentityId](API_UnprocessedIdentityId.md)