Transclusion

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In computer science, transclusion is the inclusion of part of a document into another document by reference.

B transcluded into A

For example, a resource called Agricultural policy by country might include sections for The United States, Mexico and India. Transclusion takes parts of documents and distributes them to other contexts. For example:

POLICY/Country	Agriculture	Transportation	Manufacturing	Health
United States	Agricultural policy in the United States	Us-trans	Us-mfg	Us-Health
Mexico	Mex-ag	Mex-trans	Mex-mfg	Mex-Health
India	Ind-ag	Ind-trans	Ind-mfg	Healthcare in India

The term was coined by hypertext pioneer Ted Nelson in 1982.

Example

bar

This is Transclusion/bar

foo

This is Transclusion/foo not Transclusion/bar/foo