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The Next Generation is a continuation of Star Trek. Though, I’m sure a lot of people saw it as an attempted replacement of Kirk and Spock when it was announced.
Formulaically, it was indeed a reboot with new characters taking on aspects of the old roles, as well as a tone shift to match the 20-year gap; I imagine it was inserted into the existing timeline in order to preserve all of the world building that had already been done, similar to what was later done with Doctor Who.