What is a data model?

What is a data model?

• McLeod (1981):
  • a data space: a collection of elements and relationships among the elements,
  • a collection of type definition constraints to be imposed on the data,
  • manipulation operators support the creation, deletion, and modification of elements, and
  • a predicate language used to identify and select elements from the database.

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