Conceptual schema

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A conceptual schema, or High-level data model or conceptual data model, is a map of concepts and their relationships, for example, a conceptual schema for a karate studio would include abstractions such as student, belt, grading and tournament.

The next step towards creating a database design, after a conceptual schema is produced, is a logical schema.

Contents 1 Concepts 2 Relationships 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Concepts

• Abstraction (a class of something)
• Physical object (an instance of a Class)

[edit] Relationships

• A is a B and B has an A
• A contains B
• A requires B

[edit] See also

• Concept mapping
• Object-relationship mapping
• Entity-relationship model
• Knowledge representation
• Mindmap
• Ontology
• Semantic Web
• model (abstract)

[edit] External links

• Documentation slightly biased to certain software