Modeling and teaching techniques for conceptual and logical relational database design.

Full Abstract

This paper proposes a series of techniques to be used in teaching database design. Common ERD notations are discussed. The authors developed an ERD notation, adapted from the Unified Modeling Language, which facilitates student learning of the database design process. The paper presents a specific step by step process for representing the ERD components as tables and for normalizing the resulting set of tables.

Author information

Author/s: Thompson, Cheryl Bagley (CB); Sward, Katherine (K);

Affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, 985330 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5330, USA. cbthompson(-atsign-)unmc.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Journal of medical systems (J Med Syst), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2005-Oct; vol 29 (issue 5) : pp 513-25

Dates: Created 2005/09/26; Completed 2005/10/26; Revised 2006/10/13;

PMID: 16180487, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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