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SPC017701: Declare required attributes in WebTemplate

Required attributes BaseTemplateID, BaseTemplateName, BaseConfigurationID and Name must be declared in WebTemplate.

CheckId SPC017701
TypeName DeclareRequiredAttributesInWebTemplate
Severity CriticalError
Type WebTemplates

The attributes BaseTemplateID, BaseTemplateName, BaseConfigurationID and Name must be defined in a WebTemplate. See sample below:

<Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
  <WebTemplate
    ...
    BaseTemplateID="9"  
    BaseTemplateName="BLOG"  
    BaseConfigurationID="0"  
    Name="BlogIV"  
    ... />
</Elements>

To suppress this violation in XML SharePoint code add the following comment right before the XML tag which causes the rule violation. Learn more about SuppressMessage here.

<!-- "SuppressMessage":{"rule":"SPC017701:DeclareRequiredAttributesInWebTemplate","justification":"Provide reason for suppression here"} -->
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