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database

Summary

database ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,906 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • database is a type of data set[2].
  • database is a type of work[3].
  • database is a type of digital object[4].
  • database is a type of data[5].
  • database is part of host[6].
  • database's Commons category is recorded as Databases[7].
  • database's said to be the same as is recorded as data base[8].
  • database comprises data[9].
  • database comprises record[10].
  • database comprises database schema[11].
  • database comprises integrity constraints[12].
  • database comprises database table[13].
  • database comprises data dictionary[14].
  • database comprises data base[15].
  • database's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Databases[16].
  • database's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire des biens communs[17].
  • database's topic has template is recorded as Template:Databases[18].
  • database's topic has template is recorded as Template:Database[19].
  • database's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/database[20].
  • database's used by is recorded as database management system[21].
  • database's main Wikidata property is recorded as P9073[22].
  • database's uses is recorded as logical database model[23].
  • database's studied by is recorded as database theory[24].
  • database's exact match is recorded as http://purl.org/spar/fabio/Database[25].
  • database's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include data set[2], work[3], digital object[4], and data[5].

Use and Application

Components include data[9]; record[10], a composite data type[27]; database schema[11]; integrity constraints[12]; database table[13]; and data dictionary[14]. database is part of host[6]. database's used by is recorded as database management system[21].

Influence

Things named for database include DBeaver[28], a software[29], founded in 2011[30].

Why It Matters

database ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,906 views/month).[1] database has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] database is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for database include DBeaver[28], a software[29], founded in 2011[30].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · TiagoLubiana · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Edam ontology id data_0581
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14357]]: data_0581, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289759696|Database (#289759696)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7899|EDAM Ontology]] #mix"
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