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So far in this book, you have worked with models that closely match the database. You also have made some simple changes to the names of entities and properties.
The Entity Data Model (EDM) offers enormous flexibility when it comes to customizing models so that they are more than mere reflections of your database. This capability is one of the main reasons many developers choose to use the Entity Framework.