Mastering Data Modeling: A User-Driven Approach
John V. Carlis, Joseph Maguire · CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2000
Foreword. Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Good Habits. 3. Reading an LDS with Sentences. 4. Vocabulary of LDS. 5. Visualizing Allowed and Disallowed Instances. 6. A Conversation with Users about Creatures and Skills. 7. Introduction to Mastering Shapes. 8. One-Entity, No-Relationship Shapes. 9. One-Attribute Shapes. 10. Two-Entity Shapes. 11. Shapes with More Than Two Entities. 12. Shapes with Reflexive Relationships. 13. LDS Syntax Rules. 14. Getting the Names Right. 15. Official Name. 16. Labeling Links. 17. Documenting an LDS. 18. Script for Controlled Evolution. 19. Local, Anytime Steps of Controlled Evolution. 20. Global, Anytime Steps of Controlled Evolution. 21. Conversations about Dairy Farming. 22. Constraints. 23. LDS for LDS. 24: Decisions: Designing a Data-Modeling Notation. 25. LDS and the Relational Model. 26: Cookbook: Recipes for Data Modelers. Appendix: Exercises for Mastery. Index.