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     3 Templates

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     6 *Templates* are specific views that do not depend on a result set. The basic

     7 class `Template` (`cubicweb.common.view`) is derived from the class `View`.

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     9 To build a HTML page, a *main template* is used. In general, the template of

    10 identifier `main` is the one to use (it is not used in case an error is raised or for

    11 the login form for example). This template uses other templates in addition

    12 to the views which depends on the content to generate the HTML page to return.

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    14 A *template* is responsible for:

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    16 1. executing RQL query of data to render if necessary

    17 2. identifying the view to use to render data if it is not specified

    18 3. composing the HTML page to return

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    20 You will find out more about templates in :ref:`templates`.