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Explain the three level schema

architecture in DBMS?
The three-schema architecture divides the database into three-level used to create a
separation between the physical database and the user application. In simple terms, this
architecture hides the details of physical storage from the user.

The database administrator (DBA) responsible is to change the structure of database


storage without affecting the user’s view. It deals with the data, the relationship between
them and the different access methods implemented on the database. The logical design of
database is called a schema

This architecture contains three layers of database management system, which are as
follows −

 External level
 Conceptual level
 Internal level

External/ View level


This is the highest level of database abstraction. It includes a number of external schemas
or user views. This level provides different views of the same database for a specific user or
a group of users. An external view provides a powerful and flexible security mechanism by
hiding the parts of the database from a particular user.

Conceptual or Logical level


This level describes the structure of the whole database. It acts as a middle layer between
the physical storage and user view. It explains what data to be stored in the database, what
the data types are, and what relationship exists among those data. There is only one
conceptual schema per database.

This level describes the structure of the whole database. It acts as a middle layer between
the physical storage and user view. It explains what data to be stored in the database, what
the data types are, and what relationship exists among those data. There is only one
conceptual schema per database.
Internal or Physical level
This is the lowest level of database abstraction. It describes how the data is stored in the
database and provides the methods to access data from the database. It allows viewing the
physical representation of the database on the computer system.

The interface between the conceptual and internal schema identifies how an element in the
conceptual schema is stored and how it may be accessed. It is one which is closest to
physical storage. The internal schema not only defines different stored record types, but
also specifies what indices exist, how stored fields are represented.

The three level schema architecture in DBMS is given below −

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