Which data model represents how the business world sees the information?
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Logical Data Model
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Physical Data Model
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Network Data Model
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Conceptual Data Model
The Conceptual Data Model represents the business view of information - it shows what data is important to the business and how it relates, without technical details. Logical models add more structure, physical models include technical implementation, and network models are specific database technologies not business perspectives.
A Conceptual Data Model captures the high-level entities and relationships in business terms, independent of any technology, which is exactly how the business world (not developers or DBAs) thinks about the information. The Logical model adds structure/normalization detail, and the Physical model adds implementation specifics like table and column names — both are technical refinements built on top of the conceptual view, and a Network model is a specific legacy database architecture, not a business-facing view.