About Siebel Objects
A Siebel object definition is the metadata that defines a Siebel application. Siebel object definitions define user interface elements that Siebel CRM includes in the Siebel client, business entities, and the Siebel Database. The Siebel Repository is a set of database tables that stores these object definitions. Examples of types of objects include applets, views, business components, and tables. You can use Oracle’s Siebel Tools to create or modify an object definition.
An object definition includes properties that are qualities of the software construct that the object defines. For example, the properties of a database column includes the name, data type, and length of the column.
This book uses the terms Siebel Business Applications and Siebel CRM interchangeably to mean the same thing.