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Revision as of 16:35, September 15, 2007
A data dictionary is a collection of database metadata, which is data about data. One kind of data dictionary is a human view of entities, attributes, and relationships, called a designer's data dictionary. There is usually a data dictionary that is internal to the DBMS, called a system catalog, which contains additional system-generated metadata. A designer's data dictionary can be derived from the system catalog, and the terms "data dictionary" and "system catalog" are often used interchangeably.