Add new how to documentation sections
Signed-off-by: Roberto Rosario <roberto.rosario.gonzalez@gmail.com>
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@@ -68,5 +68,21 @@ type at a given moment, but if needed, the type of a document can be changed.
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Upon changing its type, the document will lose its previous settings and
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attributes, and will inherit the settings and attributes of its new type.
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Document types are create in the
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:menuselection:`System --> Setup --> Document types` menu.
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Creating document types
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=======================
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.. admonition:: Permissions required
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:class: warning
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The "Create document types" permission is required for this action.
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#. Go to the :menuselection:`System --> Setup --> Document types` menu.
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#. From the :guilabel:`Actions` dropdown select :guilabel:`Create document type`.
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#. Enter a label to be shown to users when using this document type.
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#. Optional: Enter a period of time after which documents of this type will be moved to the trash.
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#. Optional: Select the unit of time for the period after which the document will be moved to the trash.
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#. Optional: Enter a period of time after which documents moved to the trash will be permanently deleted.
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#. Optional: Select the unit of time for the period of time after which the documents moved to the trash will be permanently deleted
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#. Press :guilabel:`Submit`.
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@@ -5,6 +5,16 @@ Index examples
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Index of document types
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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.. admonition:: Permissions required
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:class: warning
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- The "Create new document indexes" permission is required for this action.
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- The "Edit document indexes" permission is required for this action, globally
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of via an ACL for a document index.
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- The "Edit document types" permission is required for this action, globally
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of via an ACL for a document type.
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This index will create one level for each document type in the system and place
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links to the document of each respective type.
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@@ -26,3 +26,73 @@ interpret and modify the value provided by the user to a conform to a specific
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format. An example of a provided parser is the date parser which will interpret
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and correct dates provided by users regardless of the format in which they are
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entered.
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Creating metadata types
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=======================
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.. admonition:: Permissions required
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:class: warning
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The "Create new metadata types" permission is required for this action.
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#. Go to the :menuselection:`System --> Setup --> Metadata types` menu.
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#. From the :guilabel:`Actions` dropdown select :guilabel:`Create new`.
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#. Provide a name to reference this metadata type in other parts of the system.
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#. Enter a label to be shown to users when using this metadata type.
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#. Optional: Enter a default value for the metadata type.
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#. Optional: Provide a comma separated list of options to restrict the data entry
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when using this metadata type.
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#. Optional: Select a validator and a parser to validate and cleanup the data
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entry when not using a predetermined list of values.
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#. Press :guilabel:`Submit`.
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Assigning a metadata type to a document type
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============================================
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.. admonition:: Permissions required
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:class: warning
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The "Edit metadata types" permission is required for this action, globally or
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via an ACL for a metadata type. Also the "Edit document type" permission
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is required, globally or via an ACL for a document type.
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This action can be performed in two ways.
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Option 1: Via the metadata type view
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------------------------------------
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#. Go to the :menuselection:`System --> Setup --> Metadata types` menu.
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#. Click on the button :guilabel:`Document types` of the metadata type you which
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to associate.
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#. From the list of existing document types press either:
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- :guilabel:`None` if this metadata type will not be available for documents
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of the type.
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- :guilabel:`Optional` if this metadata type will be available and is
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optional to provide a value for documents of the type.
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- :guilabel:`Required` if this metadata type will be available and is
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required to provide a value for documents of the type.
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#. Press :guilabel:`Save`.
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Option 2: Via the document type view
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------------------------------------
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#. Go to the :menuselection:`System --> Setup --> Document types` menu.
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#. Click on the button :guilabel:`Metadata types` of the metadata type you which
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to associate.
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#. From the list of existing metadata types press either:
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- :guilabel:`None` if this metadata type will not be available for documents
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of the type.
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- :guilabel:`Optional` if this metadata type will be available and is
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optional to provide a value for documents of the type.
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- :guilabel:`Required` if this metadata type will be available and is
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required to provide a value for documents of the type.
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#. Press :guilabel:`Save`.
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@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ For example if a document file is named "file0001.pdf" and the quick label
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Creating quick labels
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=====================
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.. admonition:: Permissions required
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:class: warning
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The "Edit document types" permission is required for this action, either
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globally or via an ACL for a document type.
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Since quick labels are associated with document types, creating quick labels
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must be done from the document type view.
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@@ -47,6 +54,13 @@ Using quick labels during upload
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Using quick labels for existing documents
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=========================================
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.. admonition:: Permissions required
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:class: warning
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The "Edit document properties" permission is required for this action, either
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globally or via an ACL for a document or document type.
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#. Navigate to the document preview view of the document to rename. Make sure
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quick labels for the document type of the document select have been created.
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#. From the :guilabel:`Actions` dropdown select :guilabel:`Edit Properties`.
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@@ -56,9 +56,24 @@ compressed files which are decompressed and their content uploaded as separate
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documents. This feature is useful when migrating from another document
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manager system.
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Sources are create in the :menuselection:`System --> Setup --> Sources` menu.
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.. note::
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If you deployed a Mayan EDMS Docker container and want to use watched folders
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or staging folder, refer to the Docker chapter :ref:`docker-accessing-outside-data`.
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Creating new sources
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====================
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.. admonition:: Permissions required
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:class: warning
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The "Create new document sources" permission is required for this action.
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#. Go to the :menuselection:`System --> Setup --> Sources` menu.
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#. From the :guilabel:`Actions` dropdown select the new type of source to create.
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#. Each source type will have different fields to customize its behaviour. Enter
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the required information in each field based on the help text provided.
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#. Press :guilabel:`Save`.
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@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ Tags are color coded properties that can be attached or removed from documents.
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Tags allow giving documents a binary property. Documents can also be tagged
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with more than one tag.
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Tags are created from the :menuselection:`Tags --> Create` menu.
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To view all created tags use the :menuselection:`Tags --> All` menu.
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Once tagged, documents can be searched by their tags. It is also possible to
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show all the documents tagged with a particular
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tag via the **Documents** link of each tag.
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@@ -21,3 +17,30 @@ more tags to the document and another to remove tags from the document.
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It is also possible to tag documents in bulk by selecting several documents
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from any view that displays a list documents and selecting the **Attach tag**
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or **Remove tags** from the dropdown menu.
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Creating tags
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=============
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.. admonition:: Permissions required
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:class: warning
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The "Create new tags" permission is required for this action.
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#. Go to the :menuselection:`Tags --> Create` menu.
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#. Enter a label to identify the tag.
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#. Select a color for the tag.
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#. Press :guilabel:`Submit`.
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View all tags
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=============
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.. admonition:: Permissions required
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:class: warning
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The "View tags" permission is required for this action, globally or via an
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ACL for a tag.
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#. Go to the :menuselection:`Tags --> All` menu.
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@@ -46,3 +46,35 @@ There is no limit to the number of versions a document can have.
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By default, the last version will be showed when working with the document
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but any of the versions can be inspected and viewed.
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View a document version list
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============================
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.. admonition:: Permissions required
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:class: warning
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The "View documents' versions list" permission is required for this action,
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either globally or via an ACL for a document or document type.
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#. Navigate to the select document's preview view.
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#. Click on the sibebar's :guilabel:`Versions` button.
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Uploading a new document version
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================================
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.. admonition:: Permissions required
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:class: warning
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The "Create new document versions" permission is required for this action,
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either globally or via an ACL for a document or document type.
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#. Navigate to the select document's versions list view.
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#. From the :guilabel:`Actions` dropdown select :guilabel:`Upload new version`.
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#. Optionally type a comment explaining the changes in the new version.
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#. Press the :guilabel:`Browse` button and select a new file.
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#. Press :guilabel:`Save` upload the new verision.
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@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ allows showing users different views of document groups. These are divided
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into ones requiring manual maintenance and others that are updated
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automatically.
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**************
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Manual methods
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**************
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.. include:: ../chapters/document_types.rst
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.. include:: ../chapters/cabinets.rst
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.. include:: ../chapters/tags.rst
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