If the source and target databases are of different types, they use different database terminology. Table 1-5 shows the correspondence of database terms. This manual uses the database terminology for relational databases.

Table 1-5 Correspondence of database terms

Structured, hierarchical, and network databases			Relational database
XDM/SD E2	ADM	PDM2 E2	HiRDB, XDM/RD E2, TMS-4V/SP#, or RDB1 E2
Schema	Database	DBM	database
record type	Segment	dataset	table
record occurrence	segment occurrence	record	row
Component	Field	field	column

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Although TMS-4V/SP uses hierarchical-type data, it is classified as a relational database because TMS-4V/SP/Data Linkage Support outputs data with a relational structure.