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About copying the schema of a geodatabase

A schema defines the physical structure of the geodatabase along with the rules, relationships, and properties of each dataset in the geodatabase. Defining and implementing a practical schema for a geodatabase is an important task that often requires prototyping and testing of a proposed design. Testing will help you develop a robust, working system implementation.

Once you have a workable geodatabase schema, you'll find many reasons for creating a copy of the entire schema or parts of it. For example:

  • Users often share their schemas with others.
  • Data model templates exist for many GIS application domains. For example, Esri publishes has ArcGIS configurations available for the user community at ArcGIS Solutions.
  • Users want to make multiple copies of their geodatabase schemas for use in various departments.
  • Users want to compare their schemas with their collaborators.

Therefore, it's a good idea to become familiar with tools that can be used to copy and share geodatabase schemas.

There are a number of alternative mechanisms, which are described in the following topics, that can be used to copy a geodatabase schema.

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