The [[Microsoft Common Data Model]] is a collection of many standardised extensible data schemas with entities, attributes, semantic metadata, and relationships, which represent commonly used concepts and activities in various businesses areas such as "automotive, banking, commerce, educational, healthcare, marketing, sales, legal and non-profit institutions".<ref>[https://www.avantiico.com/microsoft-power-platform/common-data-model/ Common Data Model - Avantiico]</ref> It is maintained by [[Microsoft]] and its partners, and is published on [[GitHub]].<ref>[https://github.com/Microsoft/CDM GitHub - microsoft/CDM: The Common Data Model (CDM) is a standard and extensible collection of schemas (entities, attributes, relationships) that represents business concepts and activities with well-defined semantics, to facilitate data interoperability. Examples of entities include: Account, Contact, Lead, Opportunity, Product, etc.]</ref> Microsoft's Common Data Model is used amongst others in [[Microsoft Dataverse]]<ref>[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/common-data-model/use About - Common Data Model - Common Data Model | Microsoft Docs]</ref> and with various [[Microsoft Power Platform]]<ref>[https://radacad.com/what-is-the-common-data-model-and-why-should-i-care-part-3-of-dataflow-series-in-power-bi What is the Common Data Model and Why Should I Care? Part 3 of Dataflow Series in Power BI - RADACAD]</ref> and [[Microsoft Dynamics 365]]<ref>[https://www.nigelfrank.com/insights/microsoft-dynamics-365-the-common-data-model-explained Microsoft Dynamics 365: the Common Data Model explained | Nigel Frank]</ref> services.
