🛢DBMS: Repository (Definitions)

"The storage container for the metadata managed by OLAP Services. Metadata is stored in tables in a relational database and is used to define the parameters and properties of OLAP server objects." (Microsoft Corporation, "SQL Server 7.0 System Administration Training Kit", 1999)

"A database containing information models that, in conjunction with the executable software, manage the database." (Anthony Sequeira & Brian Alderman, "The SQL Server 2000 Book", 2003)

"A repository is a collection of resources that can be accessed to retrieve information." (S. Sumathi & S. Esakkirajan, "Fundamentals of Relational Database Management Systems", 2007)

"A database for software and components, with an emphasis on revision control and configuration management. Where they keep the good stuff, in other words." (Judith Hurwitz et al, "Service Oriented Architecture For Dummies" 2nd Ed., 2009)

"A database containing information models that, in conjunction with the executable software, manage the database." (Microsoft, "SQL Server 2012 Glossary", 2012)

"A store of information about the data assets of an organization." (Craig S Mullins, "Database Administration", 2012)

"A database for software and components, with an emphasis on revision control and configuration management (where they keep the good stuff, in other words)." (Marcia Kaufman et al, "Big Data For Dummies", 2013)

"A place where important corporate metadata is stored" (Daniel Linstedt & W H Inmon, "Data Architecture: A Primer for the Data Scientist", 2014)

"a database for software and components, with an emphasis on revision control and configuration management (where they keep the good stuff, in other words)." (Judith S Hurwitz, "Cognitive Computing and Big Data Analytics", 2015)

"A storage location for physical data, preferably databases." (Hamid R Arabnia et al, "Application of Big Data for National Security", 2015)

"In a software context, a repository is a data store that contains the code and or data for a project." (Alex Thomas, "Natural Language Processing with Spark NLP", 2020)

"A database containing information models that, in conjunction with the executable software, manage the database." (Microsoft Technet)