1. A computer-implemented method for mapping an object type to a document type, the method comprising: storing, by a computing system, configuration templates that each identify a mapping of an object type to a markup language document type, each of the configuration templates including a database table that identifies, for each of at least some attributes of the object type, an associated markup language attribute or element of the markup language document type; displaying, by the computing system, a graphical user interface that permits a user of the computing system to select a first configuration template from a displayed set of the configuration templates; receiving, by the computing system, first user input that selects the first configuration template; displaying, by the computing system and in the graphical user interface, a list of the at least some attributes and, for each of the at least some attributes, the associated markup language attribute or element that is identified by the first configuration template; receiving, by the computing system, second user input that changes an association of one of the attributes in the list so that the one attribute in the list is instead associated with a different markup language attribute or element than the markup language attribute or element that is identified by the first configuration template for the one attribute; storing, by the computing system and in response to receiving the second user input, an updated mapping of the object type to the markup language document type, the updated mapping including the association between the one attribute and the different markup language attribute or element; receiving, by the computing system, third user input that requests generation of a first markup language document representation of a first object that is of the object type, wherein the first object is one of multiple objects that are of the object type; and generating, by the computing system and using the updated mapping in response to receiving the third user input, the first markup language document.