Of a reference model one speaks, if it is a general model for a class of circumstances, which has the following characteristics:

• On basis of the general model special models (when basis for the construction of completely certain circumstances) can be planned.
• The general model can be consulted as comparison object, i.e. it makes comparisons possible with other models, which describe the same circumstances.

The reference model represents thus a model sample, which can be regarded as ideal-typical model for the class of circumstances which can be modelled.

There are reference models for example for

• Hospital information systems
• DATA Warehouse systems
• Network minutes; here in particular OSI model, TCP/IP reference model

See also

• Model
• Reference modelling
• Reference architecture

Literature

• January of breaks into: '' Reference modelling, organization and distribution of construction processes. '' Thesis at the William university Logos publishing house, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-832-50179-7
• Fettke, P.; Loos, P.; Reference modelling research; Economical informatics 46 (2004) 5, P. 331-340
• Fettke, P.; Loos, P.: Reference modelling research - unabridged version of an essay. Working PAPER OF the Research Group information of system & management (16), Mainz 2004, ISSN 1617-6324,
• Fettke, P.; Loos, P.: '' The contribution of the reference modelling to the Business engineering. '' In: HMD - Practice of the economical informatics (241), 2005, P. 18-26
• Winter, A.; Becker, K.; Bott, O. et.al. ; Reference models for the support of the management of hospital information systems; Computer science, Biometrie and Epidemiologien in medicine and biology, volume 30, number 4/1999, Urban and Fischer, 1999

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