(1) In a Tivoli environment, one of the properties of a managed resource. Resource types are defined in the default policy for a policy region.
(2) A well-defined syntax and semantics that characterise all instances of a given kind of resource. See also managed resource prototype.
(3) A resource that is defined by CQS. CQS groups list headers into resource types. The resource types allow CQS and its clients to physically group resources of a particular type on a coupling facility list structure.