January 2009
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641 pages
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The Data Model Resource Book, Volume 3: Universal Patterns for Data Modeling
by Paul Agnew, Len Silverston
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Silverston c07.tex V2 - 11/20/2008 5:44pm Page 360
Table 7-12 (continued)
ORDER. ORDER. CONTACT MECHANISM (TELECOMMUNI- CONTACT CONTACT
ORDER ORDER CATIONS NUMBER/ELECTRONIC MECHANISM MECHANISM PURPOSE
ID DESCRIPTION ADDRESS/POSTAL ADDRESS)
4
TYPE. NAME TYPE. NAME
47790 Steel girders 100 Boulder Street, Suite 23,
Santa Monica, CA, USA, 90212
Postal address Accounting office
47790 Steel girders 86 21 555 1000 Telephone number Shipping instruction
inquiries
47790 Steel girders 86 21 555 1000 Telephone number Payment follow up
47799 Gold electrical
wiring
Andheri Kurla Road, Marol no. 604,
Mumbai, Andheri East, India, 400099
Postal address Ship to
47799 Gold electrical
wiring
91 11 2623 665 Telephone number Payment follow up
5000 Paint Andheri Kurla Road, Marol no. 604,
Mumbai, Andheri East, India, 400099
Postal address Ship to
5000 Paint 91 11 2623 665 Telephone number Shipment instruction
inquiries
Silverston c07.tex V2 - 11/20/2008 5:44pm Page 361
Level 3 Contact Mechanism Pattern 361
When Should This Pattern Be Used?
We use this pattern:
When an enterprise wishes to have a consistent way to model all types
of contact mechanisms. By having the supertype of CONTACT
MECHANISM, you can manage all types of contact mechanisms in
a similar manner, and whenever there is a need to relate an entity to
contact mechanisms, ...