diff --git a/bt5/erp5_dms/CategoryTemplateItem/portal_categories/predecessor.xml b/bt5/erp5_dms/CategoryTemplateItem/portal_categories/predecessor.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b97cac298edc28d81892c6ee7b08190f8bbc13ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bt5/erp5_dms/CategoryTemplateItem/portal_categories/predecessor.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<ZopeData>
+  <record id="1" aka="AAAAAAAAAAE=">
+    <pickle>
+      <tuple>
+        <tuple>
+          <string>Products.ERP5Type.Document.BaseCategory</string>
+          <string>BaseCategory</string>
+        </tuple>
+        <none/>
+      </tuple>
+    </pickle>
+    <pickle>
+      <dictionary>
+        <item>
+            <key> <string>__ac_local_roles__</string> </key>
+            <value>
+              <none/>
+            </value>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <key> <string>_count</string> </key>
+            <value>
+              <persistent> <string encoding="base64">AAAAAAAAAAI=</string> </persistent>
+            </value>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <key> <string>_mt_index</string> </key>
+            <value>
+              <persistent> <string encoding="base64">AAAAAAAAAAM=</string> </persistent>
+            </value>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <key> <string>_owner</string> </key>
+            <value>
+              <none/>
+            </value>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <key> <string>_tree</string> </key>
+            <value>
+              <persistent> <string encoding="base64">AAAAAAAAAAQ=</string> </persistent>
+            </value>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <key> <string>acquisition_portal_type</string> </key>
+            <value> <string>python: []</string> </value>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <key> <string>categories</string> </key>
+            <value>
+              <tuple>
+                <string>predecessor</string>
+              </tuple>
+            </value>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <key> <string>description</string> </key>
+            <value>
+              <none/>
+            </value>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <key> <string>id</string> </key>
+            <value> <string>predecessor</string> </value>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <key> <string>portal_type</string> </key>
+            <value> <string>Base Category</string> </value>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <key> <string>title</string> </key>
+            <value> <string>Predecessor</string> </value>
+        </item>
+        <item>
+            <key> <string>uid</string> </key>
+            <value>
+              <none/>
+            </value>
+        </item>
+      </dictionary>
+    </pickle>
+  </record>
+  <record id="2" aka="AAAAAAAAAAI=">
+    <pickle>
+      <tuple>
+        <tuple>
+          <string>BTrees.Length</string>
+          <string>Length</string>
+        </tuple>
+        <none/>
+      </tuple>
+    </pickle>
+    <pickle> <int>0</int> </pickle>
+  </record>
+  <record id="3" aka="AAAAAAAAAAM=">
+    <pickle>
+      <tuple>
+        <tuple>
+          <string>BTrees.OOBTree</string>
+          <string>OOBTree</string>
+        </tuple>
+        <none/>
+      </tuple>
+    </pickle>
+    <pickle>
+      <none/>
+    </pickle>
+  </record>
+  <record id="4" aka="AAAAAAAAAAQ=">
+    <pickle>
+      <tuple>
+        <tuple>
+          <string>BTrees.OOBTree</string>
+          <string>OOBTree</string>
+        </tuple>
+        <none/>
+      </tuple>
+    </pickle>
+    <pickle>
+      <none/>
+    </pickle>
+  </record>
+</ZopeData>
diff --git a/bt5/erp5_dms/bt/template_base_category_list b/bt5/erp5_dms/bt/template_base_category_list
index c80f2d7528764bec49b62ae9cdc63a80dbdbb971..b191fa7af39dd1f32d9e953ec0c8cf9badada4ac 100644
--- a/bt5/erp5_dms/bt/template_base_category_list
+++ b/bt5/erp5_dms/bt/template_base_category_list
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 classification
+predecessor
 publication_section
 similar
 successor
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