C Oracle and Standard SQL
This appendix declares Oracle's conformance to the SQL standards established by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
The ISO SQL standard consists of nine parts (SQL/Framework, SQL/Foundation, SQL/CLI, SQL/PSM, SQL/MED, SQL/OLB, SQL/Schemata, SQL/JRT, and SQL/XML). The ANSI SQL standard consists of the same nine parts.
The mandatory portion of SQL is known as Core SQL and is found in SQL:2016 Part 2 (Foundation) and Part 11 (Schemata). The Foundation features are analyzed in Annex F of Part 2 in the table "Feature taxonomy and definition for mandatory features." The Schemata features are analyzed in Annex F of Part 11 in the table "Feature taxonomy and definition for mandatory features."
This appendix contains the following sections: