Logical Data Model
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The logical data model describes how data objects relate to each other, but is independent of the technology or database management system used. Logical data models typically show entities (e.g. a patient, an appointment, a result), relationships (e.g. an appointment is linked to a patient via a unique identifier), and attributes (information that is useful to further describe the entities)
Simplified Definition
A Logical Data Model shows the relationships between different items of data. For example, for a simple online stationery shop, a Logical Data Model might show that a customer is one data item, and the customer can be related to a number of products in the online shop via the customer orders. This might be represented in the following simple Logical Data Model:
Each customer order has one customer, and one or more products. It can be further illustrated:
Useful links
https://www.gooddata.com/blog/how-build-logical-data-models-scale-analytical-applications/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_modeling