Clarification re (outline) hierarchy and inheritance of values

Inheritance vs. Hierarchy.

This got raised in a meet-up today. So, I’ve just added a comment into my note on Tinderbox hierarchy like so:

IMPORTANT: inheritance of attribute values (e.g. via prototypes) is not a feature of hierarchy. Put another way a child note does not automatically inherit all its parent’s customisation: that may be made to happen but will require the user to add some action code.

[Edit: fixed typo in above and source page]
The revised page is now live. I’m open to a better wording if this is still ambiguous.

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