Data Types and Structures

For additional details regarding the usage and syntax of these data types, view the relevant section of Supporting Components.

The MetaEd language supports the following "primitive" data types:

• boolean
• currency
• date
• datetime
• decimal
• duration
• integer
• percent
• short
• string
• time
• year

Objects in MetaEd can also use the following structures in place of a date type:

• choice
• common
• descriptor
• enumeration
• inline common
• reference
• shared