diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.emf.ecp.view.template.tooling/src/org/eclipse/emf/ecp/view/template/tooling/editor/TemplateModelEditorPart.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.emf.ecp.view.template.tooling/src/org/eclipse/emf/ecp/view/template/tooling/editor/TemplateModelEditorPart.java
index 2fc4c24..23ba1d7 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.emf.ecp.view.template.tooling/src/org/eclipse/emf/ecp/view/template/tooling/editor/TemplateModelEditorPart.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.emf.ecp.view.template.tooling/src/org/eclipse/emf/ecp/view/template/tooling/editor/TemplateModelEditorPart.java
@@ -239,4 +239,10 @@
 		}
 		return uris;
 	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean enableValidation() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.emfforms.datatemplate.tooling/plugin.xml b/bundles/org.eclipse.emfforms.datatemplate.tooling/plugin.xml
index 1c64a38..317dc11 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.emfforms.datatemplate.tooling/plugin.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.emfforms.datatemplate.tooling/plugin.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
    <extension
          point="org.eclipse.ui.editors">
       <editor
-            class="org.eclipse.emfforms.spi.editor.GenericEditor"
+            class="org.eclipse.emfforms.internal.datatemplate.tooling.editor.DataTemplateEditor"
             default="true"
             extensions="datatemplate"
             icon="icons/Template.gif"
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.emfforms.datatemplate.tooling/src/org/eclipse/emfforms/internal/datatemplate/tooling/editor/DataTemplateEditor.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.emfforms.datatemplate.tooling/src/org/eclipse/emfforms/internal/datatemplate/tooling/editor/DataTemplateEditor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..132bfbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.emfforms.datatemplate.tooling/src/org/eclipse/emfforms/internal/datatemplate/tooling/editor/DataTemplateEditor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2019 EclipseSource Muenchen GmbH and others.
+ *
+ * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
+ * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
+ * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ * Contributors:
+ * Eugen Neufeld - initial API and implementation
+ ******************************************************************************/
+package org.eclipse.emfforms.internal.datatemplate.tooling.editor;
+
+import org.eclipse.emfforms.datatemplate.TemplateCollection;
+import org.eclipse.emfforms.spi.editor.GenericEditor;
+
+/**
+ * The DataTemplateEditor for editing {@link TemplateCollection}.
+ * 
+ * @author Eugen Neufeld
+ *
+ */
+public class DataTemplateEditor extends GenericEditor {
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean enableValidation() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+}