Friday, May 31, 2019

Normalization and Further Normalization Part 1: Databases Representing ... What?

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Note: This is a re-write of older posts (which now link here), to bring them into line with the McGoveran formalization, re-interpretation...
Saturday, May 25, 2019

Reader Mail: Sets vs. Graphs, Education vs. Training

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GK writes: “I just wanted to drop a note of thanks for the website, especially the latest articles on understanding data modeling, which ...
Saturday, May 11, 2019

Understanding Data Modeling Part 5: Conclusions

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In Part 1 we presented some foundation knowledge with which to debunk misconceptions lurking in the "data modeling" mess in the i...
Saturday, May 4, 2019

Understanding Data Modeling Part 4: Fact Modeling

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In Part 1 we presented some foundation knowledge with which to debunk misconceptions lurking in the "data models" mess in the in...
Sunday, April 28, 2019

Understanding Data Modeling Part 3: OO/UML, and "Graph Data Models"

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In Part 1 we presented some foundation knowledge with which to debunk misconceptions lurking in the industry's "data modeling...
Saturday, April 20, 2019

Understanding Data Modeling Part 2: "E/RM" and "RDM"

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In Part 1 we presented some foundation knowledge with which to debunk misconceptions lurking in the industry's modeling mess that Frie...
Sunday, April 14, 2019

Understanding Data Modeling Part 1: Models, Models Everywhere, Nor Any Time to Think

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“... I needed to know what the constituent parts of data models really are. Across the board, all platforms, all models etc. Is there anyt...