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<title>Adding group references</title>
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<searchtitle>Adding group references</searchtitle>
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<shortdesc>A group reference is a declaration that references a group. It
enables the referenced group to appear in the instance document in the context
of the referencing declaration.</shortdesc>
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<context>The menu option to add a group reference only appears if there are
groups defined elsewhere in the document.<p>The following instructions were
written for the Resource perspective, but they will also work in many other
perspectives.</p><p>To add a group reference, follow these steps:</p></context>
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<step><cmd>In the Graph view, right-click the content model you want to work
with and select <uicontrol>Add Group Ref</uicontrol>.</cmd></step>
<step><cmd>Select the new group reference.</cmd></step>
<step><cmd>In the Properties view, select the group you want to refer to in
the <uicontrol>ref</uicontrol> list.</cmd></step>
<step><cmd>Click the <uicontrol>Documentation</uicontrol> tab if you want
to provide any information about this group reference.</cmd><info>The <uicontrol>Documentation</uicontrol> page
is used for human readable material, such as a description, and the <uicontrol>App
Info</uicontrol> page can be used to provide information for applications.</info>
</step>
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