What is a project canon?

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A project canon specifies:

• What books are to be included in the project.
• In what order the books are to occur.

A project can have multiple canons if the project is for an area where different traditions expect the books to be in a different order.

A canon is very important when publishing a concordance, since the order of references needs to follow the order of the books.

Even if the project is only for the New Testament, it can still be helpful to specify the canon for the project.

A canon removes all doubt regarding book order when one wants to publish the entire project or portions of the project.

Before you add a canon to a project, consider a name, an abbreviation, and a description for the canon (both in English and in the language of the project).

See also:

• [How do I add a canon for my project?](http://support.paratext.org/t/how-do-i-add-a-canon-for-my-project/1224)