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exploratory domain model
subject			fact

exploratory domain model	contains elements that represent things in the domain
	does not contain elements that do not represent things in the domain, but are needed to build a complete system
	has part informal class diagram
	helps in understanding the domain
	is a subtopic of 5.8 - The Process Of Developing Class Diagrams
	is not usually concerned with operations and polymorphism, nor with modelling principles such as avoiding multiple inheritance.
	is a kind of model
	may model things that will not be implemented
model	becomes the core of documentation describing the system
	is crucial in software development
	is used to describe a software system
	is used to validate a software system
	see also model^2
	should be understandable by clients and users so they can participate in the development process as much as possible
	should be properly reviewed
	should provide abstraction so that not all details are visible at once
	should provide insights about the system when software engineers analyze it
	should use a standard notation such as UML so that everybody who looks at it will interpret it the same way

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