A term used in certain cognitive theories about the mental representation of events and situations. They are data structures for representing both generic and specific concepts about the outside world.

(Reber) A plan, an outline, a structure, a framework, a program, etc. In all or any of these meanings the assumption is that the schemata (or schemas) are cognitive, mental plans that are abstract and that they serve as guides for action, as structures for interpreting information, as organised frameworks for solving problems, etc.

Schemata allows projects to remain database-agnostic. Maintain your database schema and data in XML and load it into any database for which a JDBC driver is available. With Schemata, there is no need to maintain multiple database-specific SQL scripts.

following Bartlett, a way of organizing in memory past experiences so that in remembering one constructs or infers the probable components of a memory and the order in which they occur

plural of schema

A similarity template used to analyze genetic algorithms. By using wild-card characters, a schema defines an entire class of strings that may be found in a population.