Modeling Content

Content modeling for AEM blocks involves selecting a canonical pattern (Standalone, Collection, Configuration, or Auto-Blocked), structuring table-based layouts with semantic formatting, and documenting how authors populate rows. This Skill provides guidance on each pattern, real-world examples like Card Grid blocks, and validation against best practices to ensure consistency across authoring experiences.

These are four canonical content model patterns for AEM blocks. Each pattern structures how authors input data and how decoration code extracts elements. This Skill covers when to select each pattern, how to design flexible table structures for each, and how semantic markup enables downstream skills to reliably parse block content.

Documentation captures the modeling process, validation rules, and how the model communicates requirements to downstream skills like CDD and building-blocks. This Skill teaches how to validate models against best practices, document authoring workflows, and ensure downstream tools can correctly extract and render block elements.

Yes. Semantic formatting—marking up content with meaningful structure rather than visual markup—makes block models more flexible and reusable. This Skill guides how to apply semantic practices in table-based block structures so decoration code reliably extracts image, title, description, and CTA elements across different block variations.

A robust content model eliminates inconsistent authoring experiences and brittle implementations by providing authors a clear, structured way to input data and enabling downstream code to reliably parse block elements. This Skill teaches design practices that prevent model fragmentation and ensure blocks scale across your content ecosystem.