DBMS Chapter 2: DBMS Data Models
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A data model in database management system (dbms), is the concept of tools that are developed to summarize the description of the database. It is classified into 3 types: conceptual data model: Conceptual data model, describes the database at a very high level and is useful to understand the needs or requirements of the database. It is this model, that is used in the requirement gathering process i. e. , before the database designers start making a particular database. One such popular model is the entity/relationship model (er model). The e/r model specializes in entities, relationships and even attributes which are used by the database designers: representational data model: This type of data model is used to represent only the logical part of the database and does not represent the physical structure of the databases. The representational data model allows us to focus primarily, on the design part of the database.