title: Modeling and teaching techniques for conceptual and logical relational database design.
abstract: This paper proposes a series of techniques to be used in teaching database design. Common ERD notations are discussed. The authors developed an ERD notation, adapted from the Unified Modeling Language, which facilitates student learning of the database design process. The paper presents a specific step by step process for representing the ERD components as tables and for normalizing the resulting set of tables.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Nursing, 985330 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198-5330, USA. cbthompson@unmc.edu
authors.forename: Cheryl Bagley
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sward
mesh_terms: D003198:Computer Simulation; D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000458:organization & administration; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration; D012985:Software Design; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*