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Object Type is a descriptor that conveys information about a given sub-area (object) of the document with regard to the manner in which it conveys data or information. amAn object type is A logical entity of a schema that has a unique type name and one or more defined attributes. Instances of an object type are written in explicitly formatted logical records.its a Object type is a collection of objects, which can be described with the same attributes (data), services (processing behavior) and relationships. The realization of object type is a class.

In [[computer science]], an '''object type''' (a.k.a. wrapping object) is a [[datatype]] which is used in [[object-oriented programming]] to [[wrapper pattern|wrap]] a non-object type to make it look like a [[Reference type|dynamic]] [[object (computer science)|object]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}