Capterra Glossary
Three-schema Architecture
Three-schema architecture is a framework for managing access to data in a database management system (DBMS) that originated in the 1970s. It consists of three layers or schemas: the conceptual or data administration view; the external or programming view; and the internal or database administration view. The principle of three-schema architecture is that the conceptual schema, a map used to graphically represent the structure of information in a database, consists of business rules from a semantic data model (a method of structuring data to present it logically). The conceptual schema makes programs and data structures more independent.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Three-schema Architecture
Three-schema architecture allows each person in an SMB to access the same database with a different personalized view of the data contained within it. This architecture also allows an IT administrator to change the database's structure without affecting other users on the system.
Related Terms
- Synchronous
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Intranet
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Scalability
- Data Center
- Authorization
- Multitenancy