Talk:Data dictionary

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[edit] Photograph?

What would you photograph? The disk drive it sits on? RayGates 01:03, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
Hah now that's funny LOL. SqlPac 03:55, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Probably referring to a dialog or table Elantrix 04:16, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Example

Does anyone have an example of a Data Dictionary?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.213.72.2 (talkcontribs)

Or a template?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 233.109.211 (talk • contribs)

I have a few based off a DFD diagram, this is probably more complexity then needed, i will post then later when i get time.Elantrix 10:44, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DBMS Data Dictionary vs. an abstract Data Dictionary definition

The definition of a Data Dictionary in the context of a DBMS seems very similar to the one used by Oracle(r). Do other DBMSs have a similar definition of a Data Dictionary? That is, is this definition extensible to ther DBMSs?

The statement "...it may include both semantics and representational definitions for data elements" seems to me to be part of a definition of a more abstract data dictionary (than one just within a DBMS).

May be the more abstract definition a Data Dictionary would be better appearing before the more detailed definition of one within the context of a DBMS.

Martin 17:33, 28 December 2005 (UTC)