Alternate term for customised version of a document

Question

We are currently using the word "Localisation" (sometimes "Localization") to mean a child version of a document (or folder) that has been then customised to fit a specific situation. In this case changes to the parent document triggers a notification for the child document(s). Eg a set of procedures that is mostly the same but slightly different between departments in a company.

Using the word "localisation" has its problems as in the CMS world that pretty clearly means making a translated or otherwise geographically appropriate version of a document, so we'd like to change what we call it.

What would you call such a feature?

• We already call translations translations
• The term/idea "Reusable content" is already used...

Answer 1

Derivative/derivation/derived comes to mind.

Of, or pertaining to, conditions unique to the descendant species of a clade, and not found in earlier ancestral species.

also:

Modern systematics proscribes use of derived to mean "advanced", preferring to use derived to simply mean "changed from the ancestral state" without an evaluation of quality.

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Answer 2

Typically a document refers to a specific file.

If the document is cloned and then edited, that new document is often called a version. For example, a financial report in Europe might be distributed in English, but may also have German and French versions.

If the master document is just a general form and it must be customized to be used, then the master is often considered a template and the specific customizations are documents.