A general characteristic, however, is that the programming language and the database schema use the same type definitions.

The result is a versioning of the database schema.

Any data functions operations must require no knowledge of the database schema.

Using the database schema, it is possible to create a blueprint of the database.

They apply it quite broadly to include "database schemas, test plans, the build system, even documentation."

These objects are modeled using classes defined in database schemas.

The overall description of a database is called the database schema.

Nowhere was this more important than in the database schema.

All information in the source data should be included in the database schema.

As such they are an important concept for the design of database schema.