Data model theory meets a practical application

Authors:
William Kent
Affiliations:
-
Venue:
VLDB '81 Proceedings of the seventh international conference on Very Large Data Bases - Volume 7
Year:
1981

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Abstract

We report on some insights gained while using an experimental data description tool based on entity/relationship concepts. A binary-relation form of ERA model is very useful, but troublesome. A conceptualmodel of the enterprise is insufficient input to drive a top-down data design process.