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Learning from the Data Model

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In the previous chapter, we attempted to extract the essential tasks involved in a real-world problem and express them with use cases. We also made a first attempt at determining the data that is necessary to support those tasks and formed an initial data model, which we depicted with a class diagram. In this chapter, we look more closely at the data model to see how it can further our understanding of a database system

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(2007). Learning from the Data Model. In: Beginning Database Design. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0366-7_4

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