POCOs domain classes and anemic domain model

Following the link to POCO's definition we see that they should include only props/fields and no methods. In this article we see that domain model classes should be POCOs. Isn't that the definition of an anemic domain model?

More specifically in [this page](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/glossary#poco) you can find the definition of a POCO. It states that:

A POCO—or a plain old class/[CLR](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/glossary#clr) object—is a .NET data structure that contains only public properties or fields. A POCO shouldn't contain any other members, such as:

- methods
- events
- delegates

These objects are used primarily as data transfer objects (DTOs). A pure POCO will not inherit another object, or implement an interface. It's common for POCOs to be used with serialization.

Then below Figure 7-5 we see:

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which means they should include props/fields and no methods.

And then we see [the page](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/architecture/microservices/microservice-ddd-cqrs-patterns/microservice-domain-model#rich-domain-model-versus-anemic-domain-model):

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and

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from which I undestand that using POCOs for your domain models, the way POCO is defined above, results in an anemic model. That is why I am confused.

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