# archetypes & templates

**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/archetypes-templates/15779
**Category:** Technical (archive)
**Created:** [23 January 2004 10:42 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/archetypes-templates/15779 "2004-01-23T10:42:29Z")
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### Author: ![Matteo\_Piazza](https://discourse.openehr.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/dfb087/32.png) [@Matteo\_Piazza](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Matteo_Piazza)
#### Post date: [23 January 2004 10:42 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/archetypes-templates/15779/1 "2004-01-23T10:42:29Z")

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I am a newby in the community of openEHR. It is not  
clear to me the distinction between "archetype" and  
"template". It seems that a template is based on an  
archetype. Let's start from archetype in fig. 11, pag.  
26 in REV 2.2.1.  
Is it possible to have an example in which the  
"new\_value" slot is implemented with a concrete value?  
And an example of at least a couple of templates based  
on this new defined archetype?  
Thank you very much.

Matteo Piazza

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### Author: ![Sam](https://discourse.openehr.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Sam](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Sam)
#### Post date: [26 January 2004 21:20 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/archetypes-templates/15779/2 "2004-01-26T21:20:10Z")

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Matteo

The main documents are on the openEHR website here.  
[http://www.openehr.org/archetypes\_technical.htm](http://www.openehr.org/archetypes_technical.htm)

I have written a paper with others addressing this issue last year.  
[http://www.openehr.org/downloads/archetypes/templates\_and\_archetypes.pdf](http://www.openehr.org/downloads/archetypes/templates_and_archetypes.pdf)

I would be interested in knowing if this resolves the issues - feedback  
welcome.

Cheers, Sam