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    Documenting Entity Relationship Diagram (Data Modeling)

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    An Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) is an abstract visual representation that describes the relationships between different data elements, or entities, using standardized symbols and conventions. An ERD helps document and organize business data to improve communication and enable flexible application development by determining the structure of data stored in databases and information systems. ERDs are commonly used during the design stage of software projects to identify system elements and their relationships in order to develop applications that efficiently store and access data.

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    Documenting Entity Relationship Diagram (Data Modeling)

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    An Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) is an abstract visual representation that describes the relationships between different data elements, or entities, using standardized symbols and conventions. An ERD helps document and organize business data to improve communication and enable flexible application development by determining the structure of data stored in databases and information systems. ERDs are commonly used during the design stage of software projects to identify system elements and their relationships in order to develop applications that efficiently store and access data.

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    An Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) is an abstract visual representation that describes the relationships between different data elements, or entities, using standardized symbols and conventions. An ERD helps document and organize business data to improve communication and enable flexible application development by determining the structure of data stored in databases and information systems. ERDs are commonly used during the design stage of software projects to identify system elements and their relationships in order to develop applications that efficiently store and access data.

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    An Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) is an abstract visual representation that describes the relationships between different data elements, or entities, using standardized symbols and conventions. An ERD helps document and organize business data to improve communication and enable flexible application development by determining the structure of data stored in databases and information systems. ERDs are commonly used during the design stage of software projects to identify system elements and their relationships in order to develop applications that efficiently store and access data.

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    Documenting Entity relationship Diagram (Data

    Modeling)
    Data model:
    • Provides detail information to be stored
    • Is of primary use when the final product is the
    generation of computer software for an
    application.
    • Is an abstract model that documents and
    organizes the business data for
    communication between team members
    • Is used as a plan for developing applications,
    specifically how data are stored and accessed.
    Cont …

    • Is a way finding tool for both business and IT


    professionals, which uses a set of symbols and text:
    – to precisely explain a subset of real
    information
    • to improve communication within the
    organization and thereby lead to a more flexible
    and stable application environment.
    • Determines the structure of data.
    • Typical applications of data models include database
    models, design of information systems and enabling
    exchange of data.
    Entity – Relationship Diagram (ERD)

    • Is an abstract way to describe a


    database.
    • Usually starts with a relational
    database, stores data in tables.
    • Is a visual representation of different
    data using conventions that
    – describe how these data are related to
    each other.
    • For example, the elements writer, novel, and
    consumer may be described using ERD as follows:
    ER Diagrams Usage
    • able to describe just about any system,
    • In general, it is mostly associated with
    complex databases, used in software
    engineering and IT networks.
    • In particular, are frequently used during the
    design stage of a development process
    –to identify different system elements
    and their relationships with each
    other.
    • For example: an inventory software
    used in a retail shop will have a
    database that monitors elements
    such as purchases, item, item-type,
    item-source and item-price.
    Rendering this information through
    an ER diagram would be something
    like this:
    Symbols of ERD:

    Entity Weak Entity

    Attribute Multi valued Derived Attribute

    Relationship Weak Relationship


    Basic elements of ER Diagram?

    • Entity: Strong Vs Weak, etc


    –Represented in ERD by rectangle,
    named as nouns
    • Attribute?
    –Represented in ERD by ovals
    – What are the different
    types of attributes?
    Simple/single

    Composite
    Multi-valued

    Derived
    • Primary key
    – In ERD PK is represented by underlined attribute
    Example:
    • Relationship: d/t types
    – Represented in ERD by diamonds,
    named as verbs

    – Example: Launch & Eats


    Recursive

    Customer Submits Order

    Weak
    • Example: develop ERD for Student and Employee
    Develop ERD for the
    following related entities.
    Include all the necessary
    attributes and specify their
    relationships
    Customer, Order, Item, Seller
    Exercise
    • Think of a database, identify 3 related entities,
    their attributes and relationships

    Note: the entities, attributes and relationships


    must contain all types
    Assignment on ERD: 30%
    1. Identify the database entities and
    their relationships.
    2. Specify the attributes of each entity
    1. should be full and complete
    2. Should contain the different types
    3. Assign primary key
    4. Develop ERD for the database

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