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The Data Model

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A data model is an abstract model containing concepts to describe a database's structure, the operations for manipulating those structures, and the constraints the database should obey.

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A city map's legend — what exists, what moves, what's forbidden — is the same three-part idea.

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Structure, operations, constraints — a model missing one is incomplete.