DATA MODELS
DATA MODELS
In Short --
Data models are the collection of conceptual tools for describing data, relationships, data semantics and data constraints.
Categories of Data Models :
*High Level/Conceptual Level -- Provide concepts that are close to the way many users perceive data. For example : Entity Relationship Model.
*Low Level/Physical Level -- Provide concepts that describe the details of how data is stored in the computer.
*Representational/Implementation Data Model -- Provide concepts that may be understood by the end users but that are not too for removed from the way data is organized with the computer. For example : Network and Hierarchical.
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