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self-describing schema
/sɛlf dɪˈskraɪ.bɪŋ ˈskiː.mə/ - n.
1. Term struck pending the business glossary, owner, and agreed meanings a schema cannot describe about itself.
Struck
See also
- business glossaryA glossary in which the term 'owner' is the only entry without one.
- data dictionaryA faithful description of the column named 'cust_status_2_final', whose meaning died with its author.
- metadataEverything we know about the data except whether anyone agreed what it means.
- schema evolutionThe fossil record of the data model: every layer a column someone added and no one was ever allowed to remove.