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 The HDMF-common schema provides the following data structures:
 
-- **DynamicTable**: A column-based table data structure that supports ragged columns and one-to-one and one-to-many relationships.
+- **DynamicTable**: A column-based-table data structure that supports ragged columns and one-to-one and one-to-many relationships.
 - **VectorData**: A data structure for representing a column of a **DynamicTable**.
 - **VectorIndex**: A data structure for indexing a **VectorData**. This is used to store one-to-many relationships.
 - **ElementIdentifiers**: A 1D array for storing primary identifiers for elements of a table.