Data model database

A method, comprising:

• identifying, by a processing system including a processor, a language-specific carrier data type based on language-specific carrier data from a first system, the language-specific carrier data type being one of a plurality of carrier data types;
• identifying, by the processing system, in a data model database, a language-agnostic concrete data type associated with the language-specific carrier data type, the language-agnostic concrete data type being one of a plurality of concrete data types;
• identifying, by the processing system, a symbol data type associated with the language-agnostic concrete data type, the symbol data type being one of a plurality of symbol data types;
• and
• converting, by the processing system, the language-specific carrier data to a second language-specific carrier data type based on the symbol data type, wherein the converting facilitates interoperability of software applications to improve delivery of computing services, wherein the converting is performed using a mapping table defining a plurality of relationships including a symbol relationship property shared by two or more of the plurality of symbol data types, a concrete relationship property shared by two or more of the plurality of concrete data types, and a carrier relationship property shared by two or more of the plurality of carrier data types.