Chapter 2. Creating a Logical Data Model

Terms you'll need to understand:

• Entity Relationship Model

• Entity

• Kernel entity

• Associative entity

• Characteristic entity

• Attribute

• Identifier

• Dependency

• Primary key

• Foreign key

• Normalization

• Denormalization

• Normal forms

• Relationship

• Cardinality

Techniques you'll need to master:

• Entity Relationship Modeling

• Database normalization/denormalization

• Key and relationship definition