a formal description of an area of interest, a domain
a formalized strategy upon which content reuse is based
a representation (often graphical) of a set of domain-specific concepts-of-interests, along with the valid syntactic and semantic relationships that link those concepts
a system of software objects that models a set of problems in a given domain
A formal model of a bounded set of facts, concepts or instructions to meet a specified requirement [ISO 10303-1: 1994].
An abstract representation of the entities being managed. An information model definition includes object classes, properties/attributes, methods, and relationships. Often, an information model captures generic concepts, which are applicable across like managed entities.
See entity relationship diagram.
A model of the information requirements of a business or business area. An information model consists of a diagram and definitions of each entity, attribute and relationship.
A conceptual model of the information needed to support a business function or process.
Used by application or data architects to build a data warehouse. Before a data warehouse can become a reality, a model must be built to assist in the design. The information model is stored in a repository.
An information model is an abstract but formal representation of entities including their properties, relationships and the operations that can be performed on them.