Introducing Object Role Modeling

Object role modeling (ORM) is a method of creating data models conceptually. Using English-like syntax, you can define a problem or a model that a process follows. Using the definitions that you determine make up the process, you can create a physical data model from the conceptual definitions.

In real life, everything is an object, and objects do things or play roles. Based on this conceptual way of looking at a problem, you can create sentences about the relationships between the objects and roles and how they interact with each other. After you figure out how the roles and objects are related, you can determine what a physical data model should look like.

To look at an everyday process in a conceptual manner, ...

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