diff --git a/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/types.ts b/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8d52ca26af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+import { K8sResourceCommon } from '@openshift/dynamic-plugin-sdk-utils';
+import { DashboardLabels, DisplayNameAnnotations } from '~/k8sTypes';
+
+export enum ConnectionTypeFieldType {
+  Boolean = 'boolean',
+  Dropdown = 'dropdown',
+  File = 'file',
+  Hidden = 'hidden',
+  Numeric = 'numeric',
+  Paragraph = 'paragraph',
+  Section = 'section',
+  ShortText = 'short-text',
+  URI = 'uri',
+}
+
+// exclude 'section'
+export const connectionTypeDataFields = [
+  ConnectionTypeFieldType.Boolean,
+  ConnectionTypeFieldType.Dropdown,
+  ConnectionTypeFieldType.File,
+  ConnectionTypeFieldType.Hidden,
+  ConnectionTypeFieldType.Numeric,
+  ConnectionTypeFieldType.Paragraph,
+  ConnectionTypeFieldType.ShortText,
+  ConnectionTypeFieldType.URI,
+];
+
+type Field<T extends ConnectionTypeFieldType | string> = {
+  type: T;
+  name: string;
+  description: string;
+};
+
+type DataField<T extends ConnectionTypeFieldType | string, P> = Field<T> & {
+  envVar: string;
+  required?: boolean;
+  properties: P;
+};
+
+type TextProps = {
+  defaultValue?: string;
+  defaultReadyOnly?: boolean;
+};
+
+export type Section = Field<ConnectionTypeFieldType.Section | 'section'>;
+
+export type HiddenField = DataField<ConnectionTypeFieldType.Hidden | 'hidden', TextProps>;
+export type ParagraphField = DataField<ConnectionTypeFieldType.Paragraph | 'paragraph', TextProps>;
+export type FileField = DataField<ConnectionTypeFieldType.File | 'file', TextProps>;
+export type ShortTextField = DataField<ConnectionTypeFieldType.ShortText | 'short-text', TextProps>;
+export type UriField = DataField<ConnectionTypeFieldType.URI | 'uri', TextProps>;
+export type BooleanField = DataField<
+  ConnectionTypeFieldType.Boolean | 'boolean',
+  {
+    label?: string;
+    defaultValue?: boolean;
+    defaultReadOnly?: boolean;
+  }
+>;
+export type DropdownField = DataField<
+  ConnectionTypeFieldType.Dropdown | 'dropdown',
+  {
+    variant: 'single' | 'multi';
+    items: { key: string; value: string }[];
+    defaultItem?: string[];
+  }
+>;
+export type NumericField = DataField<
+  ConnectionTypeFieldType.Numeric | 'numeric',
+  {
+    defaultValue?: number;
+    defaultReadyOnly?: boolean;
+  }
+>;
+
+export type ConnectionTypeField =
+  | BooleanField
+  | DropdownField
+  | FileField
+  | HiddenField
+  | NumericField
+  | ParagraphField
+  | Section
+  | ShortTextField
+  | UriField;
+
+export type ConnectionTypeConfigMap = K8sResourceCommon & {
+  metadata: {
+    name: string;
+    annotations: DisplayNameAnnotations & {
+      'opendatahub.io/enabled'?: 'true' | 'false';
+      'opendatahub.io/username'?: string;
+    };
+    labels: DashboardLabels & {
+      'opendatahub.io/connection-type': 'true';
+    };
+  };
+  data: {
+    fields?: ConnectionTypeField[];
+  };
+};
diff --git a/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/useConnectionTypesEnabled.ts b/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/useConnectionTypesEnabled.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0106da69be..0000000000
--- a/frontend/src/concepts/connectionTypes/useConnectionTypesEnabled.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import { SupportedArea, useIsAreaAvailable } from '~/concepts/areas';
-
-const useConnectionTypesEnabled = (): boolean =>
-  useIsAreaAvailable(SupportedArea.DATA_CONNECTIONS_TYPES).status;
-
-export default useConnectionTypesEnabled;
diff --git a/frontend/src/k8sTypes.ts b/frontend/src/k8sTypes.ts
index 4805772c98..5c5b918ffc 100644
--- a/frontend/src/k8sTypes.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/k8sTypes.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export type K8sVerb =
  * Annotations that we will use to allow the user flexibility in describing items outside of the
  * k8s structure.
  */
-type DisplayNameAnnotations = Partial<{
+export type DisplayNameAnnotations = Partial<{
   'openshift.io/description': string; // the description provided by the user
   'openshift.io/display-name': string; // the name provided by the user
 }>;