Information Structure Design for Databases. A Practical Guide to Data Modelling

✍ Scribed by Andrew J. Mortimer (Auth.)

• Publisher: Elsevier Ltd, Butterworth-Heinemann
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 228
• Series: Computer Weekly Professional Series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A concise guide to data modelling for database design, from first contact with the user organization, through analysis and design, to the final result - a workable set of data tables ready to be implemented in a relational database management system

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Inside Front Cover, Page v
Dedication, Page vii
Foreword, Page ix
List of Figures, Pages xvii-xix
Preface, Pages xxi-xxvi
CHAPTER 1 - DATA ANALYSIS IS EASY, Pages 1-6
CHAPTER 2 - DATA AND INFORMATION, Pages 7-16
CHAPTER 3 - BUSINESS ANALYSIS, Pages 17-30
CHAPTER 4 - ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MODEL BASICS, Pages 31-49
CHAPTER 5 - ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MODELLING CONNECTIONS, Pages 51-59
CHAPTER 6 - FIVE-A-SIDE FOOTBALL LEAGUE, Pages 61-74
CHAPTER 7 - ONE-TO-ONE, Pages 75-82
CHAPTER 8 - ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MODELLING ADVANCED TOPICS, Pages 83-102
CHAPTER 9 - LOGICAL DATA DICTIONARY, Pages 103-118
CHAPTER 10 - DATA FLOW DIAGRAMS, Pages 119-133
CHAPTER 11 - ENTITY LIFE HISTORY, Pages 135-141,143
CHAPTER 12 - JACK GOLD MUSICAL AGENT, Pages 145-155
CHAPTER 13 - L & I SHIPPING COMPANY, Pages 157-172
CHAPTER 14 - DEVELOPING DATABASE APPLICATIONS, Pages 173-182
CHAPTER 15 - INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, Pages 183-203
FURTHER READING, Pages 205-206
GLOSSARY OF TERMS, Pages 207-212
APPENDIX A - SSADM, Pages 213-218
Index, Pages 219-221