In Disclosure Management only one taxonomy can be associated with an Office document; however, you can change the taxonomy associated with an Office document. Before taking this action, carefully consider the consequences.
When you change a taxonomy in a document, Disclosure Management determines whether any taxonomy maps exist in the Office document. If a taxonomy map does exist, the following warning is displayed: “Changing the taxonomy associated with this document may lead to loss of existing maps. Are you sure you want to change the taxonomy?”
If you elect to change the taxonomy, the following processes take place:
All full concept mappings are updated, and the namespace of each element is changed from the source taxonomy to the target one. If any mappings are invalid (referred to as “mismatched concepts”), the mappings are reported as errors during validation.
If the document has data source level maps (related to the previous taxonomy), these maps are not deleted from the Mapping Repository.
The contexts, units, and footnotes are retained (definitions and maps remain intact because they are saved with the document).
If no taxonomy map exists, user confirmation is unnecessary and the taxonomy can be changed. The Disclosure Management Mapping Tool does not automatically render the new taxonomy selected by the user.