Data base design in theory and practice
Bo Sundgren · 1978
The paper gives an overview of the data design process. It claims that a practically useful, well integrated theory of data design is clearly within reach. The following problem areas are touched upon in the paper: the purpose and role of a data base, user participation, reality modeling, information needs and observation possibilities, data modeling, design of file structures and access paths, data integrity, concurrency problems, confidentiality, evaluation and maintenance, data administration, meta-data bases, and strategies for going data base in an organization.