# Static Template Reference Name Collision

**URL:** https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/static-template-reference-name-collision/1086
**Category:** General Q&A
**Tags:** xid\_169745, imported, fast-protocol
**Created:** [October 23, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/static-template-reference-name-collision/1086 "2008-10-23T19:55:19Z")
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### Author: ![jacobnorthey\_x](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.fixtrading.org/jacobnorthey_x/32/61_2.png) [@jacobnorthey\_x](https://forum.fixtrading.org/u/jacobnorthey_x)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/static-template-reference-name-collision/1086/1 "2008-10-23T19:55:19Z")

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Imported from previous forum

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### Author: ![jacobnorthey\_x](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.fixtrading.org/jacobnorthey_x/32/61_2.png) [@jacobnorthey\_x](https://forum.fixtrading.org/u/jacobnorthey_x)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/static-template-reference-name-collision/1086/2 "2008-10-23T19:55:19Z")

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Is it okay to have static template references to templates that contain fields named the same as the referencing template? The example below has a template entry with a reference to the template Named. Both templates contain a scalar “name”.

```
<template name="Named">
    <string name="name"/>
    <string name="ns"/>
</template>

```

Jake