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Conceptual and Storage Model
The most common model is the data model. Deep in the application architecture a physical model can be found, which is a straight representation of the database (ERD diagram).
More superficially, in the core of the application architecture, a conceptual representation of the same data model can be found (UML diagram). However, it should be kept in mind that both are derived from the same underlying data model, thus are essentially the same. As a result mapping from one to another is relatively straight forward (Data Source Explorer).
