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The Entity-Relationship Model Conceptual Data Modeling Basic E-R Notation -2 The Entity-Relationship model • The E-R model is a detailed, logical representation of the data for an organisation or business area • It should be understandable to both the user and to the IT technologist • The model must be as ‘open’ as possible and not tied to any technology or to any particular business methodology • It must be flexible enough so that it can be used and understood in practically any environment where information is modelled The ER model • It is expressed in terms of entities in the business environment, the relationships (or associations) among those entities and the attributes (properties) of both the entities and their relationships • The E-R model is usually expressed as an E-R diagram E-R Model Constructs • Entity - person, place, object, event, concept • Entity Type - is a collection of entities that share common properties or characteristics. Each entity type is given a name, since this name represents a set of items, it is always singular. It is placed inside the box representing the entity type (Fig. 3-1) • Entity instance – is a single occurrence of an entity type. An entity type is described just once (using metadata) in a database, while many instances of that entity type may be represented by data stored in the database. e.g. – there is one EMPLOYEE entity type in most organisations, but there may be hundreds of instances of this en ...
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