Taking Advantage of Similar Use Cases

Many reference types are cited identically or very similarly, so you can save time and reduce errors by reusing rule sets from another use case.

For example, compare the similarities between a book and a thesis:

A thesis isn't published by a publisher and is not released in multiple editions, so that information isn't collected for that reference type. Other information that varies by reference type is stored in the same place internally. For example, the location of the institution for a thesis is stored in the same place as the place of publication of a book. So the components place of publication and location of institution have different names, but both represent the same internal database field. You can take advantage of such fields by inheriting a rule set from another use case.

To inherit a rule set from another use case that is already defined, click the blue link text next to a rule set. Point to Inherit from and then click the use case you want to inherit from.

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