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In set theory, a standard model for a theory is a model for where the membership relation is the same as the membership relation of the set theoretical universe (restricted to the domain of ). In other words, is a substructure of . A standard model that satisfies the additional transitivity condition that implies is a standard transitive model (or simply a transitive model).
Usually, when one talks about a model of set theory, it is assumed that is a set model, i.e. the domain of is a set in . If the domain of is a proper class, then is a class model. An inner model is necessarily a class model.