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<p>A '''terminology-oriented database''' [management system] is a conceptual extension of an [[object-oriented database]]<ref>{{Cite book

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| title = The Object Data Standard: ODMG 3.0

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| dateyear = 2000

| isbn = 1-55860-647-5}}</ref>. It implements [[concepts]] defined in a [[terminology model]]. Compared with [[object-oriented database]]s, the terminology-oriented database requires some minor conceptual extensions on the schema level as supporting set relations (super-set, subset, intersection etc.), weak-typed collections or shared inheritance.</p>

<p>The approach of a terminology-oriented database is a conceptual rather than a technical. The terminology-oriented database provides facilities for transforming a [[terminology model]] provided by subject area experts completely into a [[database schema]]. The target schema might be the [[database schema]] for an [[object-oriented database]] as well as a [[relational database]] schema, or even an [[XML]] schema. Typically, terminology-oriented databases are not bound on a specific database type. Since the information content, which can be stored in [[object-oriented database]]s and in [[relational database]]s, is identical<ref>{{cite conference

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}}</ref>, data for a terminology-oriented database can be stored theoretically in any type of database as well as in an XML file. Thus, terminology-oriented databases may support several database systems for storing application data.</p>

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