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The Item Type of a
Data-Field
describes the type of item which is held. There are three categories:
Data
- data values, of elementary types or with simple structures;
Bulk
- large complex objects, typically binary files (
blobs
) which cannot be decomposed into smaller chunks.
Records
- inventory information describing the number of (
records
) held.
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