A 'resourceRepresentationTemplateObject' holds the templates for representing a resource (e.g. content object, topic) or a resource collection in various formats (web page, excel, pdf).

For each different representation format there is an xs:string property in resourceRepresentationTemplateObject that holds the template content. For example the 'xhtml' property may hold a 'facelets engine' template for rendering a resource as a web page.

In general terms the template content is determined by the individual organization needs and available tools for building content applications. It may be a set of instructions for a rendering engine or a set of filtering rules for defining a view over a single resource or a collection of resources. The type of language to use for specifing the rendering or filtering rules is up to the user of the template object. When the BetaCMS provided web publication infrastructure is utilized the individual template properties are filled with specific type of template code supported by BetaCMS web publication tools.