Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods of validating templates. One embodiment the present invention includes a computer-implemented method validating a template comprising receiving a target language schema, receiving a placeholder schema, generating a template schema that is based on the target schema and the placeholder schema, and validating the template against the template schema. If the template conforms to the template schema and if the template is instantiated, the instantiated template will conform to the target language schema.