5 About this outline edition

This final outline edition consists of an introduction, the names of the academic contributors and an acknowledgement of our funders and donors, an overview of the guiding principles underlying the model rules, a set of definitions (referred to in I. — 1:108 (Definitions in Annex) and listed later in the Annex to the model rules), tables of derivations and destinations, and the model rules. The introduction explains the purposes pursued in preparing the DCFR and outlines its contents, coverage and structure. It describes the amendments to the 2008 interim edition and elucidates the relationship between the DCFR and the publications which have already appeared or will appear in the course of the preparatory work. Finally, it sketches out how the DCFR might flow into the development of the CFR.