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= rule

*Tag:* rule

[ivysettings.namespaces.namespace.rule]#Defines a new namespace rule.# A rule defines a translation between system namespace and the defined namespace, and vice versa.

See the link:../../settings/namespace{outfilesuffix}[namespace] doc for details.


== Child elements


[options="header"]
|=======
|Element|Description|Cardinality
|link:../../settings/namespace/fromtosystem{outfilesuffix}[fromsystem]|defines the translation to apply from the system namespace to the defined namespace|1
|link:../../settings/namespace/fromtosystem{outfilesuffix}[tosystem]|defines the translation to apply from the defined namespace to the system namespace|1
|=======
