# \#domain-model

**URL:** https://community.cumulocity.com/tag/domain-model/156.md

[Latest](https://community.cumulocity.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cumulocity.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.cumulocity.com/tags.md)

---

## [The Cumulocity IoT Domain Model - Application data & Query optimization](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/the-cumulocity-iot-domain-model-application-data-query-optimization/7311)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Stefan\_Witschel](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Stefan_Witschel)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 28, 2025, 8:35am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/the-cumulocity-iot-domain-model-application-data-query-optimization/7311 "2025-11-28T08:35:52Z")

</div>

Introduction In my last article about the Cumulocity IoT Domain Model I described how you can design a good model and shared some best practices about storing device meta & transactional device data. In this article, …

---

## [Recording: Best Practices Cumulocity IoT Domain model design](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/recording-best-practices-cumulocity-iot-domain-model-design/6032)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Stefan\_Witschel](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Stefan_Witschel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 24, 2023, 8:20am UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/recording-best-practices-cumulocity-iot-domain-model-design/6032 "2023-07-24T08:20:52Z")

</div>

About the event IoT solution development always involves a domain model. When not well-defined this often leads to issues where it needs costly adapted later on. In this event we will show best practices in…

---

## [The Cumulocity IoT Domain Model - How to design a good domain model](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/the-cumulocity-iot-domain-model-how-to-design-a-good-domain-model/1487)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Stefan\_Witschel](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Stefan_Witschel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [May 16, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/the-cumulocity-iot-domain-model-how-to-design-a-good-domain-model/1487 "2023-05-16T15:12:07Z")

</div>

Introduction In the first article I explained in detail why it is important to have a good domain model before implementing your IoT solution on top of Cumulocity IoT. In this article I will describe, on examples, how…

---

## [The Cumulocity IoT Domain Model - Why a domain model is important for IoT solutions](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/the-cumulocity-iot-domain-model-why-a-domain-model-is-important-for-iot-solutions/1241)

<div class="topic-metadata">

**Author:** [@Stefan\_Witschel](https://community.cumulocity.com/u/Stefan_Witschel)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.cumulocity.com/t/the-cumulocity-iot-domain-model-why-a-domain-model-is-important-for-iot-solutions/1241 "2023-04-24T14:04:53Z")

</div>

Introduction Data Harmonization is one of the main purposes of using an IoT Platform such as Cumulocity IoT. You want to decouple the application from the connected devices data model. This can be achieved using the po…