Definition of schema
schemata
play \-mə-tə\ alsoschemas
1 : a diagrammatic presentation; broadly : a structured framework or plan : outline
2 : a mental codification of experience that includes a particular organized way of perceiving cognitively and responding to a complex situation or set of stimuli
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The World Wide Web Consortium and others want to make XML more flexible by adding a layer of schemas, which could have the effect of breaking down the divisions among conflicting formats.
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Origin and Etymology of schema
Greek schēmat-, schēma
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schemata
\-mət-ə\play alsoschemas
1: a nonconscious adjustment of the brain to the afferent impulses indicative of bodily posture that is a prerequisite of appropriate bodily movement and of spatial perception
2: the organization of experience in the mind or brain that includes a particular organized way of perceiving cognitively and responding to a complex situation or set of stimuli
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