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+.. This work is a derivative of https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Modeling+Concepts#Concepts-1386016968 by IBM 
+.. used under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
+.. Copyright (C) 2020 Deutsche Telekom AG.
+
+.. _artifact_type:
+
+Artifact Type
+-------------------------------------
+
+Represents the **type of a artifact**, used to **identify** the 
+**implementation** of the functionality supporting this type of artifact.
+
+`TOSCA definition <http://docs.oasis-open.org/tosca/TOSCA-Simple-Profile-YAML/v1.2/csd01/TOSCA-Simple-Profile-YAML-v1.2-csd01.html#_Toc494454213>`_
+
+This node was created, derived from ``tosca.artifacts.Root`` to be the root TOSCA node for all artifact.
+
+.. code-block:: JSON
+   :caption: **tosca.artifacts.Implementation**
+
+   {
+    "description": "TOSCA base type for implementation artifacts",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "derived_from": "tosca.artifacts.Root"
+   }
+
+**Bellow is a list of supported artifact types**
+
+.. tabs::
+
+   .. tab:: Velocity
+
+      **artifact-template-velocity**
+
+      Represents an Apache Velocity template.
+
+      Apache Velocity allow to insert **logic** (if / else / loops / etc) when processing the output of a template/text.
+
+      File must have **.vtl** extension.
+
+      The **template** can represent anything, such as device config, payload to interact with 3rd party systems, 
+      :ref:`resource-accumulator template`, etc...
+
+      Often a template will be **parameterized**, and each **parameter** 
+      must be defined within an mapping file (see 'Mapping' in this tab).
+
+      `Velocity reference document <http://velocity.apache.org/engine/1.7/user-guide.html>`_
+
+      `Here <https://github.com/onap/ccsdk-cds/blob/master/components/model-catalog/definition-type/starter-type/artifact_type/artifact-template-velocity.json>`_ 
+      is the TOSCA artifact type:
+
+      .. code-block:: JSON
+         :caption: **artifact-template-velocity**
+
+         {
+          "description": "TOSCA base type for implementation artifacts",
+          "version": "1.0.0",
+          "derived_from": "tosca.artifacts.Root"
+         }
+
+   .. tab:: Jinja
+
+      **artifact-template-jinja**
+
+      Represents an Jinja template.
+
+      Jinja template allow to insert **logic** (if / else / loops / etc) when processing the output of a template/text.
+
+      File must have **.jinja** extension.
+
+      The **template** can represent **anything**, such as device config, 
+      payload to interact with 3rd party systems, :ref:`resource-accumulator template`, etc...
+
+      Often a template will be parameterized, and each parameter must be defined within an :ref:`mapping file`.
+
+      `Jinja reference document <https://jinja.palletsprojects.com/en/2.10.x/>`_
+
+      `Here <https://github.com/onap/ccsdk-cds/blob/master/components/model-catalog/definition-type/starter-type/artifact_type/artifact-template-jinja.json>`_
+      is the TOSCA artifact type:
+
+      .. code-block:: JSON
+         :caption: **artifact-template-jinja**
+
+         {
+          "description": " Jinja Template used for Configuration",
+          "version": "1.0.0",
+          "file_ext": [
+             "jinja"
+          ],
+          "derived_from": "tosca.artifacts.Implementation"
+         }
+
+   .. tab:: Mapping
+
+      **artifact-mapping-resource**
+
+      This type is meant to represent **mapping** files defining the **contract of each resource** to be resolved.
+
+      Each **parameter** in a template **must** have a corresponding mapping definition, 
+      modeled using datatype-resource-assignment (see :ref:`data_type`-> resources-asignment).
+
+      Hence the mapping file is meant to be a list of entries defined using datatype-resource-assignment
+      (see :ref:`data_type`-> resources-asignment).
+
+      File must have **.json** extension.
+
+      The **template** can represent **anything**, such as device config, 
+      payload to interact with 3rd party systems, resource-accumulator template, etc...
+
+      `Here <https://github.com/onap/ccsdk-cds/blob/master/components/model-catalog/definition-type/starter-type/artifact_type/artifact-mapping-resource.json>`_
+      is the TOSCA artifact type:
+
+      .. code-block:: JSON
+         :caption: **artifact-mapping-resource**
+
+         {
+          "description": "Resource Mapping File used along with Configuration template",
+          "version": "1.0.0",
+          "file_ext": [
+             "json"
+          ],
+          "derived_from": "tosca.artifacts.Implementation"
+         }
+      
+      The mapping file basically contains a reference to the data dictionary to use 
+      to resolve a particular resource.
+
+      The data dictionary defines the HOW and the mapping defines the WHAT.
+
+      **Relation between data dictionary, mapping and template.**
+
+      Below are two examples using color coding to help understand the relationships.
+
+      In orange is the information regarding the template. As mentioned before, 
+      template is part of the blueprint itself, and for the blueprint to know what template to use, 
+      the name has to match.
+
+      In green is the relationship between the value resolved within the template, 
+      and how it's mapped coming from the blueprint.
+
+      In blue is the relationship between a resource mapping to a data dictionary.
+
+      In red is the relationship between the resource name to be resolved and the HEAT environment variables.
+
+      The key takeaway here is that whatever the value is for each color, it has to match all across. 
+      This means both right and left hand side are equivalent; it's all on the designer to express 
+      the modeling for the service. That said, best practice is example 1.
+
+      .. image:: ../media/dd_mapping_template_rel.png
+         :scale: 100 %
+         :align: center
+
+   .. tab:: Directed Graph
+
+      **artifact-directed-graph**
+
+      Represents a directed graph.
+
+      This is to represent a **workflow**.
+
+      File must have **.xml** extension.
+
+      Here is the list of executors currently supported (see here for explanation and full potential list: 
+      `Service Logic Interpreter Nodes <https://wiki.onap.org/display/DW/Service+Logic+Interpreter+Nodes>`_
+
+      * execute
+      * block
+      * return
+      * break
+      * exit 
+
+      `Here <https://github.com/onap/ccsdk-cds/blob/master/components/model-catalog/definition-type/starter-type/artifact_type/artifact-directed-graph.json>`_
+      is the TOSCA artifact type:
+
+      .. code-block:: json
+         :caption: **artifact-directed-graph**
+
+         {
+          "description": "Directed Graph File",
+          "version": "1.0.0",
+          "file_ext": [
+             "json",
+             "xml"
+          ],
+          "derived_from": "tosca.artifacts.Implementation"
+         }