Data Modeling Essentials: Analysis, Design, and InnovationData Modeling Essentials is a comprehensive guide to data modeling for commercial information systems. Data modeling is presented as a design activity which offers opportunities for creativity and innovation. |
Contents
What Is Data Modeling? | 3 |
Basic Normalization | 25 |
The Entity Relationship Approach | 51 |
Copyright | |
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allocated allow application approach basic BCNF Branch business rules candidate key Chapter Client Code columns common complex concepts constraints convention corporate data model corporate model creative Customer dassified data flow diagrams data management data structure database management systems Date definition diagram Dose Drug Name Drug Short Name Employee Number enforce entity instance example Fifth Normal Form Figure foreign key function model handle hierarchy Hospital Number identify implement information systems involve issues Item logical database design look look-up table many-to-many relationships nontransferable normal forms one-to-many relationships one-to-one relationships Operation Number Operation Type option performance Person physical database designer Policy primary key problem program logic Qualification real world record redundancy relational database relational model repeating group represent requirements result Salesperson Share Holding Snapshot specify stable subtypes and supertypes Surgeon Number surrogate keys technique third normal form transferable update users weak entity