Model Life Cycle Frameworks

Use one of the following model life cycle frameworks in your organization:

Model-Driven Development

Changes to the schema are made to the model first and then forward-engineered.

System-Driven Models

Changes are made directly to the schema and the schema is reverse-engineered into the model to reflect the changes.

Informational Models

Contains logical-only models, enterprise-wide models, or standards and sample models.

Each type of framework has different considerations that you must think about when configuring your database and developing its supporting policies. You are not required to choose a particular framework, however, it helps to know your development process before building a library structure.