Editing Object–role modeling (section)

=== Fact-based modeling ===
[[Fact-based modeling]] includes procedures for mapping facts to attribute-based structures, such as those of ER or UML.<ref name="orm.net"/>

Fact-based textual representations are based on formal subsets of native languages. ORM proponents argue that ORM models are easier to understand by people without a technical education. For example, proponents argue that object–role models are easier to understand than declarative languages such as [[Object Constraint Language]] (OCL) and other graphical languages such as [[Unified Modeling Language|UML]] class models.<ref name="orm.net"/>  Fact-based graphical notations are more expressive than those of ER and [[Unified Modeling Language|UML]]. An object–role model can be automatically mapped to relational and deductive databases (such as [[datalog]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ormfoundation.org/files/folders/orm_2010/entry2360.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413060716/http://www.ormfoundation.org/files/folders/orm_2010/entry2360.aspx|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 13, 2011|title=P:11 Mapping ORM To Datalog - an Overview - The ORM Foundation|website=www.ormfoundation.org|access-date=May 31, 2020}}</ref>