noun

1. 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).

2. A formal description of the structure of a database: the names of the tables, the names of the columns of each table, and the data type and other attributes of each column.

3. (markup languages) A formal description of data, data types, and data file structures, such as XML schemas for XML files.

Synonyms: schemat, axiom schema, schemat, schemat