14 TAKING A REQUIREMENTS INFORMATION MODEL INTO DATABASE DESIGN
Once the conceptual model is complete it provides the start point for the design of the physical database.
The conceptual model, with its entity types (or object classes), attributes and relationships (or associations), does not presuppose the form of the implemented database. Because the model is in third normal form or higher, it is very easily translated into a design for a relational database managed using the SQL database language. The model could, however, be translated into a design for a database managed by some other form of database management system, such as an object-oriented database management system. We assume, however, that the database is to be implemented using ...
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