Conceptual_schema Conceptual_schema

Conceptual schema - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Cerebral, Cognitive, Creative, Fecund, Fertile, Germinal, Ideal, Ideological, Inspired

A conceptual schema is a map of concepts and their relationships.

Incomplete list of concepts:

  • physical object (an instance of something)
  • abstraction (a class of something)

Incomplete list of relationships:

  • A is a B
  • A contains B
  • A requires B

The next step towards creating a database design, after a conceptual schema is produced, is a logical schema.

See also:

Example Usage of Conceptual

VenessaMiemis: @futurescape from knowledge economy to creative economy? same thing - moving towards more abstract/Conceptual ways of thinking.
ChrisMcQueen: What is Ideation?: In Design ideation: the Conceptual sketch in the digital age (2005) Ben Johnson defined idea.. http://bit.ly/7Akpsd
rdm0524: Art Basl Miami amazing opening., wonderful art -masters to Conceptual. Quality, pricing crowd all great.
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