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[[File:Data modeling context.svg|thumb|upright=1.6| Overview of a data-modeling context: Data model is based on Data, Data relationship, Data semantic and Data constraint. A data model provides the details of [[information]] to be stored, and is of primary use when the final product is the generation of computer [[software code]] for an application or the preparation of a [[functional specification]] to aid a [[computer software]] make-or-buy decision. The figure is an example of the interaction between [[business process modeling|process]] and data models.<ref name="SS93">Paul R. Smith & Richard Sarfaty Publications, LLC 2009</ref>]]
A '''data model''' is an [[abstract model]] that organizes elements of [[data]] and [[Standardization|standardizes]] how they relate to one another and to the properties of real-world [[Entity|entities]].<ref>{{cite web |url = https://cedar.princeton.edu/understanding-data/what-data-model |title = What is a Data Model? |website = princeton.edu |access-date = 29 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title= UML Domain Modeling - Stack Overflow|url= https://stackoverflow.com/a/3835214|website= Stack Overflow|publisher= Stack Exchange Inc.|access-date= 4 February 2017}}</ref> For instance, a data model may specify that the data element representing a car be composed of a number of other elements which, in turn, represent the color and size of the car and define its owner.
The corresponding professional activity is called generally ''[[data modeling]]'' or, more specifically, ''[[database design]]''.
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