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Last updated: 15 Sep 2025

govuk-design-guide: content-model


layout: landing-page sectionKey: Glossary eleventyNavigation: parent: Glossary title: Content model details: 'The content model is the output of doing content modelling.

Content modelling divides content into its smallest reasonable pieces. Organising and classifying content so it can be understood and used by computers and humans.

Content modelling defines:

  • the different kinds of content you have (or could have) in your domain

  • the attributes that make up each content type

  • the relationships between the content types and how they work together

Do not confuse with

Domain model — maps the core concepts and relationships of an organisation’s operating context' theme: Information layer order: 1