An outline or image universally applicable to a general conception, under which it is likely to be presented to the mind (for example, a body schema).

plural of schema

(data modeling) A map of concepts, their properties, the relationships between the concepts and the properties of the relationships.

(logic) A formula in the language of an axiomatic system, in which one or more schematic variables appear, which stand for any term or subformula of the system, which may or may not be required to satisfy certain conditions.

plural of conceptual schema

plural of axiom schema

(computing) An XML schema with no target namespace.

plural of chameleon schema

plural of star schema

(databases, data warehousing) A denormalized database schema consisting of one or more fact tables referencing any number of dimension tables.