Information Modeling and Relational Databases, 2nd Edition

3. Conceptual Modeling: First Steps

3.1	Conceptual Modeling Language Criteria Desirable features Language design trade-offs
3.2	Conceptual Schema Design Procedure Modularize Apply the seven-step CSDP Integrate
3.3	CSDP Step 1 Verbalize information examples informally Translate into elementary facts Varieties of information
3.4	CSDP Step 2 Draw the fact types Populate with sample facts
3.5	CSDP Step 3 Check for object types to be combined Identify arithmetically derived fact types
3.6	Summary