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Question
What is the difference between links and echoed links in IBM Rational DOORS?
Answer
In IBM Rational DOORS links are the means by which you can connect related content in objects from different formal modules or within the same module. You can follow links by simply clicking them.
Linked objects have link arrows in the main column:
- Out-links have red link arrows
- In-links have yellow link arrows
When modules that are linked are baselined outside a baseline set, the links are copied to the baseline. These links are called echoed links and can only be followed from the baseline to the current version of the source or target module. There is no corresponding link from the current version to the baseline.
As these links behave differently, the link arrows representing them are different. The link arrow for an echoed in-link looks like this 
, and for an echoed out-link like this, 
.
The terms "in" and "out" are seen from the perspective of a certain module.
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01 May 2020
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