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Home > Thinking out aloud - Dave Hunter's SharePoint Blog > Posts > Delving into SharePoint 2007 Lists and their Features
My thoughts and findings on Microsoft Information worker technologies, including MCMS and SharePoint 2007 (MOSS).

05/01/2008

Delving into SharePoint 2007 Lists and their Features
In simplest terms, as most of you know a list is defined by a list schema which is made available in SharePoint by a feature.  Important attributes of a list type definition are the Type ID and GUID.
  • The Type ID assigns a number to identify that the list has a custom definition.
  • The GUID of the list feature uniquely identifies the feature within the SharePoint farm.
The table shows the lists available in MOSS (some also available in WSS), their Type IDs and GUIDs.
 
Type ID
 Description

GUID of feature

100

 Generic list  00bfea71-de22-43b2-a848-c05709900100

101

 Document library  00BFEA71-E717-4E80-AA17-D0C71B360101

102

 Survey  00BFEA71-EB8A-40B1-80C7-506BE7590102

103

 Links list  00BFEA71-2062-426C-90BF-714C59600103

104

 Announcements list  00BFEA71-D1CE-42de-9C63-A44004CE0104

105

 Contacts list  00BFEA71-7E6D-4186-9BA8-C047AC750105

106

 Events list  00BFEA71-EC85-4903-972D-EBE475780106

107

 Tasks list  00BFEA71-A83E-497E-9BA0-7A5C597D0107

108

 Discussion board  00BFEA71-6A49-43FA-B535-D15C05500108

109

 Picture library  00BFEA71-52D4-45B3-B544-B1C71B620109

110

 Data sources  00BFEA71-F381-423D-B9D1-DA7A54C50110

111

 Site template gallery  SYSTEM

113

 Web Part gallery  SYSTEM

114

 List template gallery  SYSTEM

115

 XML Form library  00BFEA71-1E1D-4562-B56A-F05371BB0115

116

 Masterpage and page layouts library SYSTEM

117

 No-code workflow library  00BFEA71-F600-43F6-A895-40C0DE7B0117

118

 Workflow process list  00BFEA71-2D77-4A75-9FCA-76516689E21A

119

 Web page library  00BFEA71-C796-4402-9F2F-0EB9A6E71B18

120

 Custom grid for a list  00BFEA71-3A1D-41D3-A0EE-651D11570120

130

 Data connection library  00BFEA71-DBD7-4F72-B8CB-DA7AC0440130

140

 Workflow history list  00BFEA71-4EA5-48D4-A4AD-305CF7030140

150

 Gantt tasks list  00BFEA71-513D-4CA0-96C2-6A47775C0119

1100

 Issue tracking  00BFEA71-5932-4F9C-AD71-1557E5751100

 

If you are adding a list to a site definition you will see the importance of the GUID (you need to specify this as the FeatureId) - this is also the same with a feature that provisions a list instance, like the example below.

<ListInstance FeatureId="00BFEA71-EC85-4903-972D-EBE475780106" TemplateType="106" Title="$Resources:compproc,CompEventsListTitle;"
                Url="$Resources:core,lists_Folder;/CompEvents" OnQuickLaunch="TRUE">
  </ListInstance>

The example below shows a list element in a site definition (onet.xml file) for a custom list called "Projects".

<List FeatureId="00bfea71-de22-43b2-a848-c05709900100" Type="100" Title="Projects" Url="Lists/Projects" />

All the information in the above table will help you add list instances to features and site definitions.  Hope this helps!

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 Dave Hunter

I'm currently a Senior Consultant at Netstore 2e2. I specialise in Microsoft Information Worker technologies (especially MOSS, MCMS and .NET), with over 8 years of experience within this area of specialism. 

I have gained two certifications for MOSS and WSS and look to complete the full certification track soon.

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