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PRACTICAL DATABASE FOUNDATIONS ($35/paper)

 This series:

• Dispels common, misuse and abuse of data and relational fundamentals;
• Clarifies fundamental terminology, concepts and features of the real RDM that are ignored, distorted and misunderstood in the industry;
• Conveys the practical advantages of  RDM of which practitioners are unaware and/or which the industry has failed to deliver.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Conceptual Modeling

1.1 Ontological Commitment

1.2 Relationships as Properties

2 Object-properties Modeling

2.1 Entity Properties 

2.1.1 1^st Order Properties

2.1.1.1 Names

2.1.2 2^nd Order Properties

2.2 3^rd  Order Group Properties

2.2.1 Uniqueness 3OPs

2.2.2 Bounded Aggregate 3OPs

2.2.3 Meaning Criteria

2.3 4^th Order Multigroup Properties

2.3.1 Referential 4OPs

2.3.2 Aggregates 4OPs

3 Business Rules

3.1 Property Rules

3.1.1 1OP Rules

3.1.2. 1OPiC Rules

3.2 Object Type Rules

3.2.1 Entity Type Rules

3.2.1.1 1OPiCs-Entity Rules

3.2.1.2 2OP Rules

3.2.2 Group Type Rules

3.2.2.1 Uniqueness 3OP Rules

3.2.2.2 Aggregates 3OP Rules

3.2.3 Multigroup Type Rules

3.2.3.1 Referential 4OP Rules

3.2.3.2 Aggregates 4OP Rules

Conclusion

Appendix A: Quasi-Properties

 

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Interpretation of Database Relations
1.1. Attributes as Constrained Domains
1.2. Time-Varying Relations
2. Representation of Database Relations
2.1. Physical Data Independence
2.1.1. Uniquely Named Attributes
2.1.2. Primary Keys
2.1.3. Relations and R-tables
3. Normalization
3.1. First Normal Form and “Simple” Domains
3.2. Normalization and Nonsimple Domains
3.2.1. Foreign Keys
Conclusion

  Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Logical Symmetric Access
2. Universal Data Sublanguage
2.1. FOPL vs. SOL
2.2. Relational Completeness
2.3. Computational Completeness and Hosting
3. Kinds of Relations
3.1. Expressible and Named Relations
3.2. Derived Relations
3.3. Data Storage
4. Derived Relations and Redundancy
4.1. Database Consistency
5. Database Catalog
Conclusion

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Last updated  02/19/26