If you have an extensive list of different global or product class attributes, you can make them more structured and easy to perceive by dividing them into groups. Names of attribute groups will appear as headings in the list of attributes both on the storefront and in the Admin area:
Groups can't join together global and product class attributes, nor can they join attributes from different product classes. Hence groups are created and managed on a particular product class or global attributes listing page.
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