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| Publishing an individual <a class="elementLink"
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| href="./../../../core.default.uma_concept.base/guidances/concepts/practice_F5C8EAAB.html"
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| guid="_qhCTAFRREd2CWscN8Mx6rg">Practice</a>&nbsp;is a valuable exercise as it allows you to see the practice in its
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| published form, which may result in some refinements.&nbsp;
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| Publishing an individual practice&nbsp;involves publishing a <a class="elementLink"
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| href="./../../../core.default.uma_concept.base/guidances/termdefinitions/method_configuration_C2B8FA8A.html"
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| guid="__V7pAMaEEduMlb2cQZNTYw">method configuration</a>&nbsp;that specifies what practices will be published (the
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| selected practice&nbsp;<a class="elementLink"
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| href="./../../../core.default.uma_concept.base/guidances/termdefinitions/method_plugin_190B9F5E.html"
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| guid="_D4TLgMaGEduMlb2cQZNTYw">method plug-in</a>s and packages) and how they will appear in the published method (the
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| <a class="elementLink" href="./../../../core.mdev.common.base/guidances/termdefinitions/navigation_view_8F89044.html"
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| guid="_X_hFIPAjEdyHz_B1XFOUgA">navigation view</a>s).&nbsp;Such a configuration is usually not delivered to an
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| end-user, but is quite helpful during the development of the practice.&nbsp;It is recommended that the name of the
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| configuration include the name of the practice. For information on defining method configurations, see <a
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| href="./../../../core.mdev.common.base/guidances/guidelines/defining_method_configurations_2B25CEA5.html"
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| guid="_l77zcIB-EduaS6LQ8n6xUQ">Guideline: Defining Method Configurations</a>.&nbsp;
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| </p>
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| Once the configuration has been defined it can be published.&nbsp;For general information on publishing a method, see
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| <a class="elementLinkWithType"
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| href="./../../../core.mdev.common.base/guidances/guidelines/publishing_a_method_AD8AF98A.html"
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| guid="_eJNWICBwEdy1y5bWsXfCCg">Guideline: Publishing a Method</a>.
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