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1. A method for incorporating a common template into an electronic article design, comprising:receiving a first set of polygon positions from a first party;receiving a second set of polygon positions from a second party;generating a common template mask set based on the first set of polygon positions and the second set of polygon positions;generating a first under bump metallization (UBM) mask for the first party or a second UBM mask for the second party based on the first set of polygon positions or the second set of polygon positions; andgenerating a set of design rules based on the common template mask set, a first design rule of the set of design rules defining a position associated with an input-output (I/O) connection for an electronic article, at least some of the generating are performed by a processing unit. 2. The method of claim 1, comprising generating the common template mask set based on a commonality. 3. The method of claim 1, comprising generating the common template mask set based on a superset of the first set of polygon positions and the second set of polygon positions. 4. The method of claim 1, a second design rule of the set of design rules defining a number of I/O connections at a top layer of the electronic article. 5. The method of claim 1, a third design rule of the set of design rules associated with an active side up electronic article design, the third design rule defining a second position associated with a micro-bump for the electronic article. 6. The method of claim 1, a fourth design rule of the set of design rules associated with an active side down electronic article design, the fourth design rule defining a second position associated with a through silicon via (TSV) for the electronic article. 7. The method of claim 1, comprising:providing the set of design rules to a consuming entity; andreceiving a consuming entity electronic article design that is in accordance with the set of design rules. 8. The method of claim 7, comprising fabricating a consuming entity electronic article based on the consuming entity electronic article design. 9. The method of claim 8, comprising using a common template mask of the common template mask set when fabricating the consuming entity electronic article. 10. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving a party selection comprising a first party selection selecting the first party or a second party selection selecting the second party. 11. The method of claim 10, comprising fabricating a first UBM layer or a second UBM layer based on the party selection, the first UBM mask, or the second UBM mask. 12. A method for incorporating a common template into an electronic article design, comprising:receiving a consuming entity electronic article design that is in accordance with a set of design rules based on a common template mask defining a placement of a first set of polygons that interface with a first part from a first vendor and a placement of a second set of polygons that interface with a second part from a second vendor; andfabricating a common template in conjunction with the consuming entity electronic article design based on the common template mask, at least some of the method implemented at least in part via a processing unit. 13. The method of claim 12, the first set of polygons forming a first specific interface. 14. The method of claim 12, the second set of polygons forming a second specific interface. 15. The method of claim 12, comprising generating the common template mask based on a first set of polygon positions corresponding to the first set of polygons and a second set of polygon positions corresponding to the second set of polygons. 16. The method of claim 15, comprising generating the common template mask based on a superset of the first set of polygon positions and the second set of polygon positions. 17. The method of claim 12, comprising generating the set of design rules based on a common template mask set comprising the common template mask. 18. The method of claim 12, comprising generating a first design rule of the set of design rules, the first design rule defining a position associated with an input-output (I/O) connection for an electronic article corresponding to the electronic article design. 19. The method of claim 12, comprising providing the set of design rules to a consuming entity. 20. A common template mask for an electronic article, comprising:a first pattern associated with a first subset of a first set of polygon positions from a first party;a second pattern associated with a first subset of a second set of polygon positions from a second party; anda third pattern associated with a second subset of the first set of polygon positions from the first party that overlaps with a second subset of the second set of polygon positions from the second party.