Information Modeling and Relational Databases, 2nd Edition

Preface

This book is about information systems, focusing on information modeling and relational database systems. It is written primarily for data modelers and database practitioners as well as students of computer science or information management. It should also be useful to anyone wishing to formulate the information structure of business domains in a way that can be readily understood by humans yet easily implemented on computers. In addition, it provides a simple conceptual framework for understanding what database systems really are, and a thorough introduction to SQL and other key topics in data management.

A major part of this book deals with fact-oriented modeling, a conceptual modeling approach that views the world in terms of simple ...