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Definition of schema

The metadata used to describe the content and structure of a document.

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Other definitions of schema

The set of definitions for the universe of objects that can be stored in a directory. For each object class, the schema defines which attributes an instance of the class must have, which additional attributes it can have, and which other object classes can be its parent object class.

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An object or collection of database objects that contain structural information, or metadata, about a database.

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An XML text file that describes entity and relationship types. The schema also defines a container within which instances of these types are logically organized.

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