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TagGen Server -
Inheritance
"Quick" Overview
TagGen Server is a metadata
management system which generates and propagates metadata into a group of documents. The group of documents is called a managed group, and its subgroups are called resources. Resources can be folders, drives, or machines.
The managed group has a programmable rule set of metadata properties. One such metadata property is group classification. This classification determines whether the resources in the managed group receive the metadata properties of the group at-large.
Groups can be classified into two categories:
standard and
super. In a standard group, the metadata properties describe the group as a collection of documents, but are not applied to each resource contained in the group. In a super group, the metadata properties of the group are embedded into each resource of the group.
An example of a standard group:
Your managed group contains documents pertaining to natural disasters. You have entered the following terms as keywords for the managed group: natural disaster, tornado, hurricane, and earthquake. This set of keywords describes the managed group as a whole, but may not describe every document in the managed group. For example, one document in the managed group discusses tropical hurricanes, but makes no mention of tornados. In this case, the set of keywords for the managed group does not accurately describe the document. If you launched a query for tornados, the document about hurricanes would not match your search interest. In a standard group, the metadata properties describe the group as a collection of documents, but these properties are not propagated to each document.
An example of a super group:
Your managed group contains documents about dogs. There are resources in the group that describe specific breeds of dogs. You enter "dogs" as a keyword for the managed group. You want to apply the metadata properties of the group to all its resources, so that each document in the managed group has the keyword value "dogs". In a super group, the metadata properties of the group are propagated to all documents in the group.
In the latter example of a super group, all the resources in the family of documents inherit the metadata properties of the group at-large. This process, called inheritance, can be blocked for individual resources. When you block inheritance for a subgroup of the managed group, you are making an exception to the rule set.
An example of inheritance blocking:
Your managed group contains documents about products sold through your company. All of your products have a standard warranty, except models which have been refurbished. The refurbished models have special policies, including warranty coverage. In the rule set for the resource, refurbished models, you can check the option "inheritance blocking" which means that this group will be excluded from the propagation of metadata properties. So, if you want to propagate the keyword phrase "standard warranty" to all of your documents, any documents which are part of the refurbished models resource will be excluded.
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