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Data Dictionary

A data dictionary is a centralized repository that contains information about data such as its meaning, relationships to other data, origin, usage, and format. It can refer to a document describing a database, an integral component of a database management system required to determine its structure, or a piece of middleware that extends or replaces the native data dictionary of a DBMS. A data dictionary document catalogs database contents and conventions to benefit users and developers, describing tables, fields, data types and lengths.

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Data Dictionary

A data dictionary is a centralized repository that contains information about data such as its meaning, relationships to other data, origin, usage, and format. It can refer to a document describing a database, an integral component of a database management system required to determine its structure, or a piece of middleware that extends or replaces the native data dictionary of a DBMS. A data dictionary document catalogs database contents and conventions to benefit users and developers, describing tables, fields, data types and lengths.

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Data dictionary

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Not to be confused with Dictionary (data structure). A data dictionary, a.k.a. metadata repository, as defined in the IBM Dictionary of Computing, is a "centralized repository of information about data such as meaning, relationships to other data, origin, usage, and format."[1] The term may have one of several closely related meanings pertaining to databases and database management systems (DBMS):

a document describing a database or collection of databases an integral component of a DBMS that is required to determine its structure a piece of middleware that extends or supplants the native data dictionary of a DBMS

Data dictionary documentation


Database users and application developers can benefit from an authoritative data dictionary document that catalogs the organization, contents, and conventions of one or more databases.
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This typically

includes the names and descriptions of various tables and fields in each database, plus additional details, like the type and length of each data element. There is no universal standard as to the level of detail in such a document, but it is primarily a weak kind of data.

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