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Definition[]

An information model is

a representation of concepts, relationships, constraints, rules, and operations to specify data semantics for a chosen domain of discourse. The advantage of using an information model is that it can provide sharable, stable, and organized structure of information requirements for the domain context. The information model is an abstract representation of entities which can be real objects such as devices in a network or logical such as the entities used in a billing system. Typically, the information model provides formalism to the description of a specific domain without constraining how that description is mapped to an actual implementation. Different mappings can thus be derived from the same information model. Such mappings are called data models.[1]

References[]

  1. Smartex: IoT Glossary of Terms and Standards (full-text).
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