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7<title>Adding group references</title>
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9<searchtitle>Adding group references</searchtitle>
10</titlealts>
11<shortdesc>A group reference is a declaration that references a group. It
12enables the referenced group to appear in the instance document in the context
13of the referencing declaration.</shortdesc>
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kprice9623e9d2007-05-03 03:43:05 +000015<keywords><indexterm>XML schema editor<indexterm>group features</indexterm></indexterm>
16<indexterm>XML schema files<indexterm>group features</indexterm></indexterm>
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +000017</keywords>
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20<context>The menu option to add a group reference only appears if there are
21groups defined elsewhere in the document.<p>The following instructions were
22written for the Resource perspective, but they will also work in many other
23perspectives.</p><p>To add a group reference, follow these steps:</p></context>
24<steps>
kprice647b7352006-05-17 21:27:16 +000025<step><cmd>In the Design view, right-click the content model you want to work
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +000026with and select <uicontrol>Add Group Ref</uicontrol>.</cmd></step>
27<step><cmd>Select the new group reference.</cmd></step>
28<step><cmd>In the Properties view, select the group you want to refer to in
29the <uicontrol>ref</uicontrol> list.</cmd></step>
30<step><cmd>Click the <uicontrol>Documentation</uicontrol> tab if you want
31to provide any information about this group reference.</cmd><info>The <uicontrol>Documentation</uicontrol> page
kprice9623e9d2007-05-03 03:43:05 +000032is used for human readable material, such as a description.</info>
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +000033</step>
kprice647b7352006-05-17 21:27:16 +000034<step><cmd>Click the <uicontrol>Extensions</uicontrol> tab if you want to
35add application information elements to your annotations of schema components.</cmd>
36<info>The <uicontrol>Extensions</uicontrol> page allows you to specify the
37schema and add XML content to your annotations.</info></step>
kprice159fa582006-05-08 21:30:45 +000038</steps>
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