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What is the difference between conceptual domain models, application class models, and consolidated class models?

I need to make these three UML diagrams for a class project, but they all seem like the exact same thing, a class diagram.

Solution

  • The difference is the level of abstraction those models deal with the reality they try to reflect. The conceptual model is just a rough draft of the domain. You try to gather business objects (contents and relations). The application class model is one that is designed towards coding the system under consideration (SUC). The term "consolidated class model" is not a common term (at least I don't know it). But it sounds like it is the final stage of the design and matches exactly one implementation of the SUC.