Ur-type

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A basic, primitive, or original type; prototype.

    "The simple ur-type is the value of the primitive type definition and base type definition properties of a simple type if—and only ... No simple types not defined in the Schema Recommendation may be directly derived from the simple ur-type."

Example

More examples

"The simple ur-type is the value of the primitive type definition and base type definition properties of a simple type if—and only ... No simple types not defined in the Schema Recommendation may be directly derived from the simple ur-type."

Etymology

From ur- (“original”) + type.

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