Data models represent a shared conceptual understanding of organizational databases.
Theories in the cognitive sciences identify several information-processing competencies that are based on how humans remember and process event information. Gove N. Allen is a doctoral Candidate in the Information and Decision Sciences Department, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota. He received a BS in Accounting and MAcc with an emphasis in Information Systems from Brigham Young University in 1994. His primary teaching responsibilities and research interests are in the areas of Information System Development, Logical Database Design, Management of Intellectual Property, and User Interface Design.