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== Overview ==
Managing large quantities of structured and [[unstructured data]] is a primary function of [[information system]]s. Data models describe the structure, manipulation, and integrity aspects of the data stored in data management systems such as relational databases. They typicallymay doalso not describe unstructured data with a looser structure, such as [[Word processor|word processing]] documents, [[Email|email messages]], pictures, digital audio, and video: [[XQuery and XPath Data Model|XDM]], for example, provides a data model for [[XML]] documents.
 
=== The role of data models ===