In my data model, i have 3 tables where 1 of the tables is a cross reference of the other two. For example, take an employee table and a skills table(contains all skills any employee can have), the cross reference table is called EmployeeSkills. Its really just a two column table that contains an employeeId and a skillId. Im trying to figure out how to map this and I guess I don't have the nomenclature correct because I can't find anything reference to "cross reference" in the Hibernate reference do or the In Action book. What is the correct Hibernate Jargon that I should be looking to help solve this problem?

Thanks in advance

many-to-many