
producing a high-performance relational database system. In turn, this exercise has
required the use of a data model, called the Global Capital Markets© data model
(GCM for short).
Data models are very useful things. By their very nature, they serve to provide a
framework on which data content can be mapped and managed. Indeed, almost all
relational database projects employ some form of data model (or they should) as the
means by which to lay out the universe of content and how it is stored. The key dif-
ference, though, is that the GCM is what is referred to as a logical data model. It is
designed to serve as a means by which the logic and relationships ...