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Step 6: Fall-through matching
If evaluation has not found a search root in any of the previous steps, the <authoring-application> element becomes the root for searching for <publish> elements. Publish elements are described in Step 8.
Here is an example of fall-through publishing:
<authoring-application name=”MY_AUTH_APP”>
<epm-number number=”1111”>
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*
*
</epm-number>

<epm-type type=”MyInternalName”>
*
*
*
</epm-type>

<!-- Begin: Fall-through search root -->
*
*
*
<!-- End: Fall-through search root -->
</authoring-application>
In this example, if the EPMDocument’s number is not 1111 or does not have the internal name "MyInternalName", the search root becomes the <authoring-application> (as noted between the Begin and End comment lines above).
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Using the fall-through matching is not a recommended practice, since you lose control of the ability to bypass publishing on any EPMDocuments for a particular authoring application. Fall-through matching is useful when testing Publish Rules, allowing you to focus only on matching the <authoring-application>.