(1) The set of Route Nodes assigned to a Document Type to fulfill its required Routing. All of the Rule Attributes for the Routing Rule, both Required and Optional, are included in the Rule Template. It defines the structure of the Routing Rule of FlexRM. (2) A collection of workflow attributes used to define routing for a route node. Templates are built using attributes which may be flagged as required or not required and then Templates are associated with a Document Type to build that Document Type's routing structure.