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BluePrinting

A BluePrint is a hierarchy of Publications in which Parent Publications share content with Child Publications. BluePrinting enables you to reuse structure, content, and design between Publications.

The key terms used in BluePrinting are:
BluePrintA BluePrint establishes the relationships between Publications and enables your organization to share and manage items within multiple Publications.
Root parentA Root Parent Publication is the first Publication in a BluePrint. It contains only items created within that Publication. A Content Manager system can contain multiple BluePrints. When you create a BluePrint, all Publications in the BluePrint share the Root Structure Group from the Primary Parent.
ParentA Parent Publication shares items to one or more Publications called Child Publications. A Parent Publication can also be a Child Publication.
ChildA Child Publication mirrors the Parent Publication. A Child Publication can also contain local content that you can combine with shared content.

The BluePrint panel gives you information about the BluePrint relationships of the item you have selected.