Relationships Between Objects

All objects are organized in a hierarchy that starts with a single root object.

Objects are related to other objects through either parent-child relationships or references.

These relationships describe the location of objects in the content store, and are reflected in the elements of the search path for each object.

In the following section, objects described as parents and children refer to containment, not inheritance. The parent or containing objects do not necessarily pass on their properties to the child or contained objects. Also, the child or contained objects do not necessarily assume the attributes or characteristics of the parent or containing object.