Chapter 4 Building Conceptual Data Models

Defining domains in a CDM

Domains help you identify the types of information in your model. Applying domains to data items makes it easier to standardize data characteristics for entity attributes in different entities.

In a CDM, you can associate the following information with the domain:

• Data type, length, and precision
• Check parameters
• Business rules
• Mandatory

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