# Compliance
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Indicates whether an AWS resource or AWS Config rule is compliant and provides the number of contributors that affect the compliance.

## Contents
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 ** ComplianceContributorCount **   <a name="config-Type-Compliance-ComplianceContributorCount"></a>
The number of AWS resources or AWS Config rules that cause a result of `NON_COMPLIANT`, up to a maximum number.  
Type: [ComplianceContributorCount](API_ComplianceContributorCount.md) object  
Required: No

 ** ComplianceType **   <a name="config-Type-Compliance-ComplianceType"></a>
Indicates whether an AWS resource or AWS Config rule is compliant.  
A resource is compliant if it complies with all of the AWS Config rules that evaluate it. A resource is noncompliant if it does not comply with one or more of these rules.  
A rule is compliant if all of the resources that the rule evaluates comply with it. A rule is noncompliant if any of these resources do not comply.  
 AWS Config returns the `INSUFFICIENT_DATA` value when no evaluation results are available for the AWS resource or AWS Config rule.  
For the `Compliance` data type, AWS Config supports only `COMPLIANT`, `NON_COMPLIANT`, and `INSUFFICIENT_DATA` values. AWS Config does not support the `NOT_APPLICABLE` value for the `Compliance` data type.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `COMPLIANT | NON_COMPLIANT | NOT_APPLICABLE | INSUFFICIENT_DATA`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/config-2014-11-12/Compliance) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/config-2014-11-12/Compliance) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/config-2014-11-12/Compliance)