<s>
A	O
reference	B-General_Concept
table	I-General_Concept
(	O
or	O
table	O
of	O
reference	O
)	O
may	O
mean	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
references	O
that	O
an	O
author	O
may	O
have	O
cited	O
or	O
gained	O
inspiration	O
from	O
whilst	O
writing	O
an	O
article	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
a	O
bibliography	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
also	O
mean	O
an	O
information	B-Application
table	I-Application
that	O
is	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
quick	O
and	O
easy	O
reference	O
for	O
things	O
that	O
are	O
difficult	O
to	O
remember	O
such	O
as	O
comparing	O
imperial	O
with	O
metric	O
measurements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
kind	O
of	O
data	O
is	O
known	O
as	O
reference	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
database	B-General_Concept
design	I-General_Concept
a	O
reference	B-General_Concept
table	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
table	O
into	O
which	O
an	O
enumerated	B-Language
set	O
of	O
possible	O
values	O
of	O
a	O
certain	O
field	O
data	O
type	O
is	O
divested	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
called	O
a	O
domain	B-Application
table	O
because	O
it	O
represents	O
the	O
domain	B-Application
for	O
the	O
columns	O
that	O
reference	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
relational	B-Architecture
database	I-Architecture
model	I-Architecture
of	O
a	O
warehouse	O
the	O
entity	O
'	O
Item	O
 '	O
may	O
have	O
a	O
field	O
called	O
'	O
status	O
 '	O
with	O
a	O
predefined	O
set	O
of	O
values	O
such	O
as	O
'	O
sold	O
 '	O
,	O
'	O
reserved	O
 '	O
,	O
'	O
out	O
of	O
stock	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
purely	O
designed	O
database	O
these	O
values	O
would	O
be	O
divested	O
into	O
an	O
extra	O
entity	O
or	O
Reference	B-General_Concept
Table	I-General_Concept
called	O
'	O
status	O
 '	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
achieve	O
database	B-Application
normalisation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Establishing	O
an	O
enterprise-wide	O
view	O
of	O
reference	B-Application
tables	I-Application
is	O
called	O
master	B-General_Concept
data	I-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
.	O
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