The word schema comes from the Greek word (), which means shape, or more generally, plan. The plural is (). In English, both schemas and schemata are used as plural forms. Schema may refer to: Science and technology SCHEMA (bioinformatics), an algorithm used in protein engineering Schema (genetic algorithms), a set of programs or bit strings that have some genotypic similarity Schema.org, a web markup vocabulary Schema (logic) Axiom schema, in formal logic Image schema, a recurring pattern of spatial sensory experience Database schema XML schema Other Body schema, a neural representation of one's own bodily posture Galant Schemata, stock phrases in Galant music Schema (Kant), in philosophy Schema (psychology), a mental set or representation Schema Records, a jazz record label in Milan, Italy , a solemn vow of asceticism of a monk in Orthodox monasticism Great Schema, the highest degree of Orthodox monasticism Schema (fly), a genus of insects See also Scheme (disambiguation) Schematic Skema (disambiguation)