diff --git a/api-documentation/editor/swagger.yaml b/api-documentation/editor/swagger.yaml
index b1ca229d..fb0a492f 100644
--- a/api-documentation/editor/swagger.yaml
+++ b/api-documentation/editor/swagger.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ tags:
   - name: Metadata
     description: Access metadata and documentation available for the studies in the catalog
 
+  - name: Templates
+    description: Templates
+
 
 x-tagGroups:
   - name: Editor
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ x-tagGroups:
       - External resources
       - Datafile
       - Variable
+      - Templates
 
   - name: Collections
     tags:
@@ -50,7 +54,10 @@ x-tagGroups:
       - Catalog
   - name: Metadata
     tags:
-      - Metadata    
+      - Metadata 
+  - name: Templates
+    tags:
+      - Templates   
 schemes:
   - http
 paths:
@@ -552,6 +559,29 @@ paths:
             description: successful operation            
         security:
           - ApiKeyAuth: []
+  /collections/template:
+      post:
+        tags:
+          - Collections
+          - Templates
+        summary: Set template for collection
+        description: Set template for all projects in a collection
+        operationId: SetTemplateForCollection
+        consumes:
+          - application/json
+        produces:
+          - application/json
+        parameters:
+          - in: "body"
+            name: "body"
+            required: true
+            schema:
+              $ref: "#/definitions/TemplateForCollection"
+        responses:
+          '200':
+            description: successful operation            
+        security:
+          - ApiKeyAuth: []
   /resources/{projectId}:
       get:
         tags:
@@ -851,8 +881,162 @@ paths:
             description: successful operation            
         security:
           - ApiKeyAuth: []
+  /templates:
+      get:
+        tags:
+          - Templates
+        summary: List templates
+        description: Get a list of all templates
+        operationId: listTemplates
+        consumes:
+          - application/json
+        produces:
+          - application/json
+        responses:
+          '200':
+            description: successful operation            
+        security:
+          - ApiKeyAuth: []
+      post:
+        tags:
+          - Templates
+        summary: Create template
+        description: Create a new template
+        operationId: createTemplate
+        consumes:
+          - application/json
+        produces:
+          - application/json
+        parameters:
+          - in: "body"
+            name: "body"
+            required: true
+            schema:
+              $ref: "template-schema.json"
+        responses:
+          '200':
+            description: successful operation            
+        security:
+          - ApiKeyAuth: []
+  /templates/{uid}:
+      get:
+        tags:
+          - Templates
+        summary: Get template by UID
+        description: Get template by UID
+        operationId: getTemplate
+        consumes:
+          - application/json
+        produces:
+          - application/json
+        parameters:
+          - in: "path"
+            name: "uid"
+            type: string
+            required: true
+        responses:
+          '200':
+            description: successful operation            
+        security:
+          - ApiKeyAuth: []
+  /templates/duplicate/{uid}:
+      post:
+        tags:
+          - Templates
+        summary: Duplicate template
+        description: Create duplicate template
+        operationId: duplicateTemplate
+        consumes:
+          - application/json
+        produces:
+          - application/json
+        parameters:
+          - in: "path"
+            name: "uid"
+            type: string
+            description: Template UID to create a duplicate
+            required: true
+        responses:
+          '200':
+            description: successful operation            
+        security:
+          - ApiKeyAuth: []
+  /templates/update/{uid}:
+      post:
+        tags:
+          - Templates
+        summary: Update template
+        description: Update template
+        operationId: updateTemplate
+        consumes:
+          - application/json
+        produces:
+          - application/json
+        parameters:
+          - in: "path"
+            name: "uid"
+            type: string
+            description: Template UID to update
+            required: true
+          - in: "body"
+            name: "body"
+            required: true
+            schema:
+              $ref: "#/definitions/Template"
+        responses:
+          '200':
+            description: successful operation            
+        security:
+          - ApiKeyAuth: []
+  /templates/delete/{uid}:
+      post:
+        tags:
+          - Templates
+        summary: Delete template
+        description: Delete template
+        operationId: deleteTemplate
+        consumes:
+          - application/json
+        produces:
+          - application/json
+        parameters:
+          - in: "path"
+            name: "uid"
+            type: string
+            description: Template UID to delete
+            required: true
+        responses:
+          '200':
+            description: successful operation            
+        security:
+          - ApiKeyAuth: []
 ###############################################################
 definitions:
+  Template:
+    type: object
+    properties:
+      type:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      template:
+        type: object
+    xml:
+      name: template
+  TemplateForCollection:
+    type: object
+    properties:
+      collection_id:
+        type: integer
+        required: true
+      template_uid:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      project_type:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+        description: survey, timeseries, table, document, geospatial, ...
+    xml:
+      name: TemplateForCollection
   Collection:
     type: object
     properties:
diff --git a/api-documentation/editor/template-schema.json b/api-documentation/editor/template-schema.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7764cd90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api-documentation/editor/template-schema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+{
+  "$id": "http://ihsn.org/schemas/template",
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
+  "title": "Template schema",
+  "description": "Template schema",
+  "type": "object",
+  "definitions":{
+    "item": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "title": "Item",
+      "description": "Item",
+      "properties":{
+        "key": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "title": "Key",
+          "description": "unique item key"
+        },
+        "title": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "title": "Title",
+          "description": "Item title"
+        },
+        "help_text": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "title": "Help text",
+          "description": "Help text for the item"
+        },
+        "display_type": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "title": "Display type",
+          "description": "Display type for the item e.g. text, number, date, etc."
+        },
+        "is_required": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "title": "Required",
+          "description": "Is the item required?"
+        },
+        "is_recommend": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "title": "Recommend",
+          "description": "Is the item recommended?"
+        },
+        "items": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "title": "Items",
+          "description": "Sub items",
+          "items": {
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/item"
+          }
+        }
+
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "properties": {    
+
+    "uid": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "title": "Template unique identifier",
+      "description": "Unique identifier for the template"
+    },
+
+    
+
+    "metadata_information": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "description": "Metadata information",
+      "properties": {
+        "title": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "title": "Title",
+          "description": "Title of the document"
+        },
+        "idno": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "title": "ID number",
+          "description": "Unique ID number for the document"
+        },
+        "producers": {
+          "type": "array",
+          "title": "Producers",
+          "description": "List of producers",
+          "items": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+              "name": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "title": "Name",
+                "description": "Name of the producer"
+              },
+              "abbr": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "title": "Abbreviation",
+                "description": "Abbreviation"
+              },
+              "affiliation": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "title": "Affiliation",
+                "description": "Affiliation"
+              },
+              "role": {
+                "type": "string",
+                "title": "Role",
+                "description": "Role"
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "production_date": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "title": "Production date",
+          "description": "Date of production"
+        },
+        "version": {
+          "type": "string",
+          "title": "Version",
+          "description": "Document version"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "template":{
+      "type":"object",
+      "properties":{
+        "items":{
+          "type":"array",
+          "items":{
+            "$ref": "#/definitions/item"
+          }   
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }    
+}