Domain Model

Term

Domain Model

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UPDATE

2026-08-17

Clarified the Domain Model as a purpose-specific applied Model that organizes the elements required for problem-domain meaning, structure, rules, and boundaries from the three SimpleModeling Model constituents.

2026-07-31

Expanded the Domain Model from a model contained only in an Object Model to one spanning Object, Knowledge, and Literate Models, and clarified how a Glossary connects them.

DEFINITION

A Domain Model represents problem-domain terminology, concepts, rules, relationships, and boundaries as a view suited to a particular development purpose. It is not reality itself, but a representation selected and organized according to purpose and concern.

SimpleModeling

A SimpleModeling Domain Model is an applied Model that selects and organizes the Model Elements required for problem-domain meaning, structure, rules, and boundaries from the Object, Knowledge, and Literate Models. It emphasizes static aspects, but this does not mean that it lacks Behavior or State. It complements the Application Model, which organizes dynamic Use Case realization.

The Object Model contains executable formal definitions and concrete execution examples; the Knowledge Model provides structures primarily for generative AI to retrieve, explore, and relate Model content; and the Literate Model expresses Scenarios, decisions, and related information in natural language people can understand. The Glossary connects meaning and identity across the Models. The executable portion of the Object Model expressed in CML has a path to implementation and execution through Cozy and Textus.

  • Domain Modeling

  • Application Model

  • Application Modeling