Domain Analysis Model A Domain Analysis Model (DAM) is a structured way to describe and docu-ment the information requirements of a particular area of interest (or domain). It describes the business terms (con-cepts), their characteristics (attributes) and relations.

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Analysis vs. Implementation <<implements>> ANALYSIS WHAT to represent Defines the concepts and the relations of a given domain Creates an unambiguous terminology to describe the domain Abstracts away from any implementation issues IMPLEMENTATION HOW to represent Defines how the concepts are represented on the physical level Needs to consider constraints of the chosen technology There may be many different implementation models for one analysis model (typically one per technology) Depending on its purpose the concepts may not be represented completely

WHY? Communication Communication between humans Communication between machines