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     3 Data model definition (*schema*)
       
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     6 The schema is the core piece of a `CubicWeb` application as it defines
       
     7 the data model handled. It is based on entities types already defined
       
     8 in the `CubicWeb` standard library and others, more specific, we would 
       
     9 expect to find in one or more Python files under the `schema` directory.
       
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    11 At this point, it is important to make clear the difference between
       
    12 relation type and relation definition: a relation type is only a relation
       
    13 name with potentially other additionnal properties (see XXXX), whereas a 
       
    14 relation definition is a complete triplet 
       
    15 "<subject entity type> <relation type> <object entity type>". 
       
    16 A relation type could have been implied if none is related to a 
       
    17 relation definition of the schema.
       
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    20 .. include:: 04-01-schema-stdlib.en.txt
       
    21 .. include:: 04-02-schema-definition.en.txt
       
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