Thor Database Concepts

• Datatrees, Datatypes, Dataitems and Datafields.

  • These four concepts are closely related.

• Datatrees - Is the method for representing chemical information.

• Datatypes - A set of definition that indicate the meaning of a dataitems fields.

• Dataitems - Tag names a datatype, which in turn defines the meaning of each datafield.

• Datafields - A string of characters; the unit of data.

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