10.1. Domain Models
The quintessential object-oriented step in analysis or investigation is the decomposition of a domain of interest into individual conceptual classes or objects—the things we are aware of. A domain model is a visual representation of conceptual classes or real-world objects in a domain of interest [MO95, Fowler96]. They have also been called conceptual models (the term used in the first edition of this book), domain object models, and analysis object models.[2]
[2] They are also related to conceptual entity relationship models, which are capable of showing purely conceptual views of domains, but that have been widely re-interpreted as data models for database design. Domain models are not data models.
The UP defines a Domain ...
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