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A '''data model''' is a model that describes in an abstract way how data is represented in an [[information system]] or a [[Database management system|database management system]].

This term is ambiguousambiguously defined to mean:

#how data generally is organized, e.g. as described in [[Database management system]]. This is sometimes also called "[[database model]]"

#or how data of a specific application is organized logically (e.g. the data model of some business)