In UBIK, a MetaClass is used to define the appearance and behavior of a certain set of future content objects. A MetaClass can, and actually has to, inherit from another MetaClass. This can be a built in UBIK System-MetaClass, which is typically the case when customizing starts in an "empty" data model. Of course, and more likely, it will be another MetaClass that was already created during customizing. ==Derive new object== To generate a new metaclass just right-click on the sourceclass (e.g., the Baseclass) and choose Derive new object. After this the class´s name can be changed in the bottom window ( #REDIRECT [[Details]] ) [[Category:UBIKMetaClass]]