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Quote: RM/T has nonentity associations for relations which are not themselves objects; a single n-ary relation without characteristic entities

topics > all references > references c-d > QuoteRef: coddEF12_1979 , p. 412



Topic:
representing a relationship
Topic:
entity-relationship database model

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Objects which interrelate entities but do not themselves … and nonentity associations is this: Associative entities, like … are allowed to have immediate properties only. … [p. 417] A nonentity association type is represented by … [surrogates] identifying the entity types participating in the association together with …   Google-1   Google-2

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