Template

This page describes a concept which is part of our glossary

A template is a kind of prototype capturing commonly performed operations which can then be refined for specific use. For example, template documents are commonly used in most organisations for contracts and invoices since they have a large portion of there content which is identical for all of them.

On the web templates are used where ever specific content is found within the same frame or context, for example a "search page template" would contain all the design and layout for a websites search page and would also define where the search results should appear and what style the resulting items have.

In wiki organisation, templates are used in a more specific way relating to forms and queries, see templates, forms and queries for more detail.