Chapter 3Data and Process Modeling
Key Skills & Concepts
• Data Model Diagramming Alternatives
• Unified Modeling Language (UML)
• Relating Entities and Processes
Data and process modeling are major undertakings that are part of the logical design stage of an application system development project. You have already seen the rudiments of data modeling in preceding chapters. In this chapter, we will look at various alternatives for drawing data models. Process modeling, on the other hand, is less important to a database designer, because application processes are designed by application designers and seldom directly involve the database designer. However, because the database designer must work closely with the application designer ...
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