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:
| BluePrint | A BluePrint establishes the relationships between Publications and enables your organization to share and manage items within multiple Publications. |
| Root parent | A 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. |
| Parent | A Parent Publication shares items to one or more Publications called Child Publications. A Parent Publication can also be a Child Publication. |
| Child | A 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.