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Release Version and Baseline Status of Imported Objects

The state of the Release Version attribute (modifiable or nonmodifiable) and the Baseline status of each imported object depend on the following conditions:

• Whether the import environment already contains existing versions of the objects being imported.
• If the objects exist, whether objects are imported with the option to import as a new version and keep the existing object versions.

The following import options are available for handling existing objects for which the import is a new version:

• Delete the existing object and treat the imported object version as version 0.

  

• Keep the existing object and treat the imported object version as a new version.

  

Case 1: The imported versions are the only versions of the objects in the import environment.

The imported version is the only version of the object in the following situations:

• The object did not exist in the import environment before import.
• The object existed, but the imported object replaced the existing object with the same name.

Consider the properties of an object that you create. Version 0 of the object is marked as current, is not baselined, and has a modifiable Release Version attribute.

• When the XML file release version is nonmodifiable, the imported object Release Version attribute state is nonmodifiable and the new version is baselined.
• When the XML file release version is modifiable, the imported object Release Version attribute state is modifiable and the new version is not baselined.

The following illustration summarizes the cases:

Case 2: The imported versions are the new versions of existing objects in the import environment.

Consider the case where you import a new version of an existing object, where the Release Version attribute of the existing object is nonmodifiable.

• When the XML file release version is nonmodifiable, the imported object Release Version attribute state is nonmodifiable and the new version is baselined.
• When the XML file release version is modifiable, the imported object Release Version attribute state is nonmodifiable and the new version is not baselined.

Consider the case where you import a new version of an existing object, where the Release Version attribute of the existing object is modifiable.

• When the XML file release version is nonmodifiable, the imported object Release Version attribute state is nonmodifiable and the new version is baselined.
• When the XML file release version is modifiable, the imported object Release Version attribute state is modifiable and the new version is not baselined.

The following illustration summarizes these cases: