Authoring Inherited REQ Files

An inherited requirement file, or inherited document, is used to create a document on demand that is based on (inherits) the organizational structure of another document but does not carry over any content from the source document. It is in this respect that creating a new inherited document differs from creating a new document as a copy (save as) of another document.

Inherited documents are tailored to a specific repository and organization structure. When creating a new inherited document, the Authoring Web Service must be pointed to a the repository containing the source document from which the organization structure is inherited. The Authoring Web Service is defined in Options (Tools > Options) for the Expere environment. If this setting is changed, you will want to close and reopen Requirements Editor for the change to take effect.

Requirements Editor displays an inherited document in the Outline Editor View and provides several views based on the source document type (dynamic or static).