# StandardMetafieldDefinitionTemplate - admin - OBJECT
Version: 2025-01

## Description
Standard metafield definition templates provide preset configurations to create metafield definitions.
Each template has a specific namespace and key that we've reserved to have specific meanings for common use cases.

Refer to the [list of standard metafield definitions](https://shopify.dev/apps/metafields/definitions/standard-definitions).

### Access Scopes



## Fields
* [description](/docs/api/admin/2025-01/scalars/String): String - The description of the standard metafield definition.
* [id](/docs/api/admin/2025-01/scalars/ID): ID! - A globally-unique ID.
* [key](/docs/api/admin/2025-01/scalars/String): String! - The key owned by the definition after the definition has been activated.
* [name](/docs/api/admin/2025-01/scalars/String): String! - The human-readable name for the standard metafield definition.
* [namespace](/docs/api/admin/2025-01/scalars/String): String! - The namespace owned by the definition after the definition has been activated.
* [ownerTypes](/docs/api/admin/2025-01/enums/MetafieldOwnerType): MetafieldOwnerType! - The list of resource types that the standard metafield definition can be applied to.
* [type](/docs/api/admin/2025-01/objects/MetafieldDefinitionType): MetafieldDefinitionType! - The associated [metafield definition type](https://shopify.dev/apps/metafields/definitions/types) that the metafield stores.
* [validations](/docs/api/admin/2025-01/objects/MetafieldDefinitionValidation): MetafieldDefinitionValidation! - The configured validations for the standard metafield definition.
* [visibleToStorefrontApi](/docs/api/admin/2025-01/scalars/Boolean): Boolean! - Whether metafields for the definition are by default visible using the Storefront API.

## Connections



## Related queries
* [standardMetafieldDefinitionTemplates](/docs/api/admin/2025-01/queries/standardMetafieldDefinitionTemplates) Standard metafield definitions are intended for specific, common use cases. Their namespace and keys reflect these use cases and are reserved.

Refer to all available [`Standard Metafield Definition Templates`](https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/StandardMetafieldDefinitionTemplate).

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## Examples