The composite-repository-template tag encloses the whole composite repository definition. The composite-repository-template tag encloses a <header> tag and one or more <item-descriptor> tags:

Example
<composite-repository-template>
  <header>
...
  </header>
  <item-descriptor name="..." />
...
  </item-descriptor>
</composite-repository-template>
 
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