diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/Link.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/Link.java
index fc4c7c39..444b25e0 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/Link.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/Link.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 
 /**
  * Value object for links.
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
 @XmlType(name = "link", namespace = Link.ATOM_NAMESPACE)
+@JsonIgnoreProperties("templated")
 public class Link implements Serializable {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = -9037755944661782121L;
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ public class Link implements Serializable {
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	@org.codehaus.jackson.annotate.JsonIgnore
-	public boolean isTemplate() {
+	public boolean isTemplated() {
 		return !getUriTemplate().getVariables().isEmpty();
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/LinkMixin.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/LinkMixin.java
index f3f6f8b2..493f89ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/LinkMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/LinkMixin.java
@@ -41,5 +41,5 @@ abstract class LinkMixin extends Link {
 	@Override
 	@JsonInclude(Include.NON_EMPTY)
 	@JsonSerialize(using = TrueOnlyBooleanSerializer.class)
-	public abstract boolean isTemplate();
+	public abstract boolean isTemplated();
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/LinkUnitTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/LinkUnitTest.java
index 30db8878..ffa209a5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/LinkUnitTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/LinkUnitTest.java
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class LinkUnitTest {
 
 		Link link = new Link("/foo{?page}");
 
-		assertThat(link.isTemplate(), is(true));
+		assertThat(link.isTemplated(), is(true));
 		assertThat(link.getVariableNames(), hasSize(1));
 		assertThat(link.getVariableNames(), hasItem("page"));
 		assertThat(link.expand("2"), is(new Link("/foo?page=2")));
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class LinkUnitTest {
 
 		Link link = new Link("/foo");
 
-		assertThat(link.isTemplate(), is(false));
+		assertThat(link.isTemplated(), is(false));
 		assertThat(link.getVariableNames(), hasSize(0));
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java
index acc9bcb7..874f52e1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/hateoas/hal/Jackson2HalIntegrationTest.java
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ public class Jackson2HalIntegrationTest extends AbstractJackson2MarshallingInteg
 
 	static final Links PAGINATION_LINKS = new Links(new Link("foo", Link.REL_NEXT), new Link("bar", Link.REL_PREVIOUS));
 
-	static final String CURIED_DOCUMENT = "{\"_links\":{\"self\":{\"href\":\"foo\"},\"foo:myrel\":{\"href\":\"bar\"},\"curies\":[{\"href\":\"http://localhost:8080/rels/{rel}\",\"name\":\"foo\",\"template\":true}]}}";
+	static final String CURIED_DOCUMENT = "{\"_links\":{\"self\":{\"href\":\"foo\"},\"foo:myrel\":{\"href\":\"bar\"},\"curies\":[{\"href\":\"http://localhost:8080/rels/{rel}\",\"name\":\"foo\",\"templated\":true}]}}";
 	static final String MULTIPLE_CURIES_DOCUMENT = "{\"_links\":{\"default:myrel\":{\"href\":\"foo\"},\"curies\":[{\"href\":\"bar\",\"name\":\"foo\"},{\"href\":\"foo\",\"name\":\"bar\"}]}}";
 	static final String SINGLE_NON_CURIE_LINK = "{\"_links\":{\"self\":{\"href\":\"foo\"}}}";
 	static final String EMPTY_DOCUMENT = "{}";
 
-	static final String LINK_TEMPLATE = "{\"_links\":{\"search\":{\"href\":\"/foo{?bar}\",\"template\":true}}}";
+	static final String LINK_TEMPLATE = "{\"_links\":{\"search\":{\"href\":\"/foo{?bar}\",\"templated\":true}}}";
 
 	@Before
 	public void setUpModule() {