schematitle

Schematitle is a term used in data modeling and metadata management to denote the human-readable title associated with a schema, a schema element, or a data model. It serves as a concise, user-facing label intended to describe the purpose or domain of the schema and is commonly used in user interfaces, documentation, and catalog systems.

In formal standards, the concept of a title is often expressed through different keywords or fields, such as the title in JSON Schema or the name in schema registries. Schematitle is not a universal formal standard; rather, it appears in some tooling and data catalogs as a distinct field to avoid conflating the schema’s identification with its descriptive text. In practice, schematitle may be maintained alongside other metadata like descriptions, tags, and versions.

Typical characteristics of a schematitle include being concise, descriptive, and human-readable. It is often localized to support multilingual catalogs and may be required to be unique within a particular namespace or repository. While schematitle can aid discoverability and UI presentation, many organizations prefer to rely on established fields such as title, name, or displayName to maintain consistency across systems.

Example usage might include a schema object containing a field like schematitle: "Employee Records Schema" with a separate description and keywords for search and documentation purposes. See also related concepts such as the JSON Schema title, schema name, label, and displayName.

Note: Because schematitle is not universally standardized, its exact definition and placement can vary by platform or project.