... database management, database models, database semantics, database definition, database modeling, logical database design CR Categories: 3.73, 3.74, 4.33 1. INTRODUCTION Every database is a model ... can serve as a conceptual database model in the database design process; and, it can be used as the database model for a new kind of database management system. Key Words and Phrases: database ... formalism (database model) for databases. This database model is designed to capture more of the meaning of an application environment than is possible with contemporary database models. An...