In the following examples, relationship keywords are indicated in bold type:

HierarchicalGroup "Groups of SO1" children "Group1 of SO1" "Group2 of SO1"
HierarchicalGroup "Groups of SO1" members file:/foo/bar/g1_so1.members
HierarchicalGroup "Routers of SO1" children Critical
HierarchicalGroup "Routers of SO1" members Router::lab-gw.smarts.com 
   Router::ny-sma-1
HierarchicalGroup "Routers of SO1" members file:/foo/bar/routers_so2.members
HierarchicalGroup Critical members Router::moto-gw
HierarchicalGroup G1 children G2
HierarchicalGroup G1 members VLAN::VLAN-1 Cable::IF-172.16.0.0 
   IPNetwork::LINK-IF-172.16.0.0