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56 Getting Started With AuthorIT
Making an Object Active
When you create a new version of an object, that new version will be created as
Inactive, or proposed. Once you have finished making changes to the new version you
will want to make it the Active version.
When you make an object the Active version, several things happen:
The current Active object changes status to Redundant, and becomes read‐only.
Any child relationships that the current Active version of the object was involved
in are replaced with the new version, only where the parent in that relationship is
not already Redundant.
The new version of the object changes its status to Active.
Example
Lets look at an example where you have already produced version 1 of a Book and it
is related to several Topic objects which are also version 1. Now you want to create a
new version of the Book. However, only a few of the Topics need to be changed, and
you still want the ability to publish the old version of the Book as it is.
First you would create a new version of the Book object, and make that new version
Active. This has the effect of making the old version Redundant.
Next, you would create a new version of the Topic you wanted to change. After
making the changes to the new version of the Topic, you would make that new
version Active. Just like for the Book, the old version of the Topic would become
Redundant. Additionally the relationship that the new Book has with the old version
of the Topic now changes to be with the new version of the Topic. However, the
relationship that the old version of the Book has to the old version of the Topic is
retained, because the parent in the relationship (i.e. the old Book) was already
Redundant.
This replacing of relationships occurs automatically through the entire Library for the
object version being made Active. This ensures that your changes are propagated
through all the documentation in the Library.
Effect of Version Status on Relationships
The Version status of a object will affect its ability to be involved in a relationship.
Only the Active version of an object can be involved in a relationship where it is the
child. This is because the act of making an object Active automatically replaces the
child relationship of the current Active version, with itself.