(1) In Java programming, a class or interface.
(2) In DCE X/Open Object Management (XOM), a category into which attribute values are placed on the basis of their purpose.
(3) In object oriented programming, a fundamental data type of computer architecture, including, for example, character, string and integer.
(4) In a WSDL document, an element that contains data type definitions using some type system (such as XSD).
(5) An object that defines a data structure.
(6) A characteristic of an element that describes its data content.
(7) A description of data characteristics. The descriptions include the operations that can be performed on or by the data. See also data type.