Reference fields contain keywords which are used as calling properties to other fields. These keywords specify the name of a file (or record) from which field descriptions are to be retrieved.
Use reference fields when you want to duplicate descriptive information from several fields from a previously defined record format. By referencing the field with a keyword, you can code the file name once rather than on each specific field within that record.
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