Newbie: managing content types with metadata - inheritance

Hello all,
a newbie-question:
Is it possible to set up new contenttypes with a hierarchical structure ?
For instance: every contenttype should have a meta-datafield called TEST123.
Can we make a 'superclass' contenttype with above mentioned meta-datafield and every contenttype created 'under' the superclass should inherit this meta-datafield.
Is this possible ? Or should we create every new contenttype with metadata TEST123 seperately ?
Thanks in advance.

In fact if you create a metadatafield TEST123, that field is available for every content type.
I think you need to look at profiling. A profile is a set of metadatafields. For example you create a set called Document. That set holds field like:
TEST123
Type
Title
Author
You could then create severall profiles using that set, including other sets. In fact you could see a profile as a composite of different sets. In ECM these sets are called rules.

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