This section defines example OysterSourceDescriptor files that can be used to read reference sources that are store in various database tables. OYSTER can connect to data base tables through ODBC connections and also has the functionality to allow for connection strings to be defined inside the SourceDescriptor file to form direct connections to other DBMSs.

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