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The schema helps define a database, acting as a guide to help programmers properly navigate their way through tables, views, procedures and more. Now think of an API.

The flexibility of the schema: A document’s schema is dynamic and self-describing, so developers don’t need to first pre-define it in the database. Fields can vary from document to document.

Database schema management startup Ariga Technologies Ltd. said today it has closed on an $18 million early-stage funding round led by Tiger Global, TLV Partners and with participation from some ...

Fauna, the distributed document-relational database delivered as a cloud API, today announced a new declarative schema and a suite of DevOps tooling a ...

A conventional database like Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle Database uses a schema —a formal definition of how data inserted into the database will be composed.

MongoDB's flexible schema has a lot of advantages and is clearly popular with modern application developers. However, flexible schema does not mean no schema, and those wishing to develop performant ...

What makes a good metadata schema and how do you know if you’ve got one? No formula exists today for answering this question in quantifiable terms — it requires evaluation and reflection on ...