Abstract
A data model, called the entity-relationship model, is proposed. This model incorporates some of the important semantic information about the real world. A special diagrammatic technique is introduced as a tool for database design. An example of database design and description using the model and the diagrammatic technique is given. Some implications for data integrity, information retrieval, and data manipulation are discussed. The entity-relationship model can be used as a basis for unification of different views of data: the network model, the relational model, and the entity set model. Semantic ambiguities in these models are analyzed. Possible ways to derive their views of data from the entity-relationship model are presented.
Keywords
Computer scienceEntity–relationship modelDiagrammatic reasoningRelational modelData model (GIS)UnificationSemantic data modelInformation retrievalDatabase designRelational databaseSet (abstract data type)Semi-structured modelBasis (linear algebra)Data miningDatabase modelArtificial intelligenceProgramming language
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Peter Pin-Shan Chen
(1976).
The entity-relationship model—toward a unified view of data.
ACM Transactions on Database Systems
, 1
(1)
, 9-36.
https://doi.org/10.1145/320434.320440
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- 10.1145/320434.320440