Information Management

Database Modeling

Prepared By

Tristan Jay P. Calaguas

PCU – MIT Student
 Data Model
 It is a collection of concepts that can be used to
described the structure of database.
 It provides the necessary means to achieve this
abstraction.
 Data models also include a set of basic operations
for specifying retrievals and updates on the
database.
 Structure of Database
 Structure of database refers to data types,
relationships, and constraints that apply to
data.
 Categories of Data Model
 Conceptual Data Models (High Level Data
Model)
 Physical Data Models (Low – Level Data
Model)
 Conceptual Data Model
 It provides concepts that are close to the way
many users perceive data
Dependency Diagram
 Physical Data Model
 It provides concepts that describe the details of
how data is stored on the computer storage
media.