# Difference between data points and archetypes

**Category:** [New to openEHR?](https://discourse.openehr.org/c/new-to-openehr/13)
**Created:** 2021-02-17 01:54 UTC
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**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/difference-between-data-points-and-archetypes/1301

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## Post #1 by @linforest

> A [modelling *factory* environment](https://www.openehr.org/ckm/) that builds a library of **data points**, known as *archetypes*, ...

For the [newly updated figure](https://www.openehr.org/media/uploads/2021/02/16/openehr_4pillars.svg) and the [primer](https://www.openehr.org/about/what_is_openehr) ,  a new reader might find a little bit confusing the difference between data points and archetypes.

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