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# Shared property types reference
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This section contains detailed reference information for property types that Amazon CloudFormation supports for use in multiple resource types.

**Topics**
+ [Amazon CloudFormation resource custom naming](aws-properties-name.md)
+ [Amazon CloudFormation resource tagging](aws-properties-resource-tags.md)