# What is an archetype?

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**Created:** 2021-08-27 18:45 UTC
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## Post #1 by @thomas.beale

An archetype is a domain level model of data points and data groups relating to a topic. See the [Archetype specifications page](https://specifications.openehr.org/releases/AM/latest) for a technical description and specifications. The [Archetype Technology Overview](https://specifications.openehr.org/releases/AM/latest/Overview.html) is useful for a business level overview.

If you are clinical and/or a health informatician, you can find hundreds of openEHR archetypes at the [Clinical Knowledge Manager (CKM) ](https://www.openehr.org/ckm/).

If you want to build archetypes, see the [Online Archetype Designer](https://tools.openehr.org/designer/#/).

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