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<p>Created page with &quot;A &#039;&#039;&#039;data dictionary&#039;&#039;&#039;, or Metadata Repository, as defined in the IBM Dictionary of Computing, is a &quot;centralized repository of information about data such as meaning, relatio...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A '''data dictionary''', or Metadata Repository, as defined in the IBM Dictionary of Computing, is a &quot;centralized repository of information about data such as meaning, relationships to other data, origin, usage, and format.&quot;<br /> <br /> == Description ==<br /> <br /> The term can have one of several closely related meanings pertaining to databases and database management systems (DBMS):<br /> <br /> * A [[document]] describing a [[database]] or collection of databases<br /> * An integral component of a [[DBMS]] that is required to determine its structure<br /> * A piece of [[middleware]] that extends or supplants the native data dictionary of a DBMS<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[Data hierarchy]]<br /> * [[Data modeling]]<br /> * [[Database schema]]<br /> * [[ISO/IEC 11179]]<br /> * [[Metadata registry]]<br /> * [[Metadata repository]]<br /> * [[Semantic spectrum]]<br /> * [[Vocabulary OneSource]]<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> <br /> * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_dictionary Data dictionary] @ Wikipedia<br /> <br /> [[Category:Computer science]]</div>

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