Business Modeling For Database Design
Business Modeling For Database Design: Formalizing the Informal (PRACTICAL DATABASE FOUNDATIONS Book 1) by Fabian Pascal
English | May 1, 2015 | ASIN: B00X0J53UA | 45 Pages | EPUB/MOBI | 698.25 KB/813.63 KB
English | May 1, 2015 | ASIN: B00X0J53UA | 45 Pages | EPUB/MOBI | 698.25 KB/813.63 KB
Few data management aspects are as misunderstood and abused as business modeling and database design. There is broad confusion about various types of model and levels of information representation; and poor knowledge about the relational data model (RDM) vs. the alternatives, the practical implications thereof and data fundamentals in general.
This is an introduction to the foundation knowledge critical for business modeling for database design and the formalization of informal business models into logical database models that can be computerized and managed by a DBMS.
It explains in accessible language:
· Conceptual, logical, physical and data models
· Levels of representation
· Data independence
· The relational data model