Concept information
Preferred term
data modeling
Definition(s)
- Data modeling is the logical construction of an abstraction of information to represent data in an application, communication protocol, or database. This entry gives a general overview of this process, with discussions of the special concerns that arise in today's geographic information implementation environments. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geographic Information Science; Data Modeling]
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
- computer-aided drafting
- database management systems
- data structures
- digital elevation model
- discrete versus continuous phenomena
- elevation
- extensible markup language
- geometric primitives
- integrity constraints
- layer
- linear referencing
- network data structures
- object orientation
- open standards
- raster
- scalable vector graphics
- spatial database
- spatial index
- spatiotemporal data models
- structured query language
- tessellation
- three-dimensional GIS
- topology
- triangulated irregular networks
- virtual reality modeling language
- Z-values
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-CZ52LS8J-0
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