@AuditOverrides(value = {
        @AuditOverride(forClass = Entity1.class),
        @AuditOverride(forClass = Superclass.class, name = "list", isAudited = false)
})
public class Entity1 extends Superclass {

    @NotAudited
    private List<Item> list = new ArrayList<>();

    @Override
    public List<Item> getList() {
        return super.getList();
    }

    @Override
    public void setList(List<Item> list) {
        super.setList(list);
    }
}

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 3.0//EN"
        "http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd">

<hibernate-mapping>
    <class name="testing.Entity1" table="entity1">
        <id name="id" column="id">
            <generator class="org.hibernate.id.enhanced.SequenceStyleGenerator">
                <param name="optimizer">none</param>
                <param name="increment_size">1</param>
                <param name="sequence_name">seq_entity_main</param>
            </generator>
        </id>

        <list name="list" cascade="all" lazy="false" access="field">
            <key>
                <column name="entity1_id" index="idx_fk_enm_entity_id"/>
            </key>
            <list-index>
                <column name="list_index"
                        not-null="true"
                        default="0"/>
            </list-index>
            <one-to-many class="testing.Entity2"/>
        </list>

        <property name="other" column="other" type="string" length="50"/>
    </class>
</hibernate-mapping>

public class Superclass extends Builder {

    private List<Item> list = new ArrayList<>();
    private String other;

    public List<Item> getList() {
        return list;
    }

    public void setList(List<Item> list) {
        this.list = list;
    }

    public String getOther() {
        return other;
    }

    public void setOther(String other) {
        this.other = other;
    }
}

@AuditOverrides({
        @AuditOverride(forClass = Entity2.class),
        @AuditOverride(forClass = Item.class)})
public class Entity2 extends Item {
}

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE hibernate-mapping PUBLIC "-//Hibernate/Hibernate Mapping DTD 3.0//EN"
        "http://www.hibernate.org/dtd/hibernate-mapping-3.0.dtd">

<hibernate-mapping>
    <class name="testing.Entity2" table="entity2">
        <id name="id" column="id">
            <generator class="org.hibernate.id.enhanced.SequenceStyleGenerator">
                <param name="optimizer">none</param>
                <param name="increment_size">1</param>
                <param name="sequence_name">seq_entity_list</param>
            </generator>
        </id>

        <property name="item" column="item" type="string" length="15"/>
    </class>
</hibernate-mapping>

public class Item extends Builder {

    private String item;

    public String getItem() {
        return item;
    }

    public void setItem(String item) {
        this.item = item;
    }
}

/* @AuditOverrides(value = {
        @AuditOverride(forClass = Entity1.class),
        @AuditOverride(forClass = Superclass.class, name = "other", isAudited = true),
        @AuditOverride(forClass = Superclass.class, name = "list", isAudited = false)
* OR */
@AuditOverrides(value = {
        @AuditOverride(forClass = Entity1.class),
        @AuditOverride(forClass = Superclass.class),
        @AuditOverride(forClass = Superclass.class, name = "list", isAudited = false)
})
public class Entity1 extends Superclass {
}