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references c-d
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attribute-value pairs as information
Topic:
database keys and indexing
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entities
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entity-relationship database model
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database as a model of reality
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Thesa data model
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data as a named set of data objects
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object and value equivalence
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data types in Thesa
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type conversion
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units
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name of a relationship

Reference

Chen, P.P.-S., "The entity-relationship model--toward a unified view of data", ACM Transactions on Database Systems, 1, 1, pp. 9-36, March 1976. Google

Quotations
9 ;;Quote: the real world consists of entities and relationships; basis for entity-relationship model
12 ;;Quote: observed or measured information about an entity or relationship is expressed as a set of attribute-value pairs
12 ;;Quote: units define equivalent values between two value sets
QuoteRef: chenPP3_1976 ;;14 entities: employee with attributes employee-no. Name, age relationship: project-worker with attribute percentage of time
QuoteRef: chenPP3_1976 ;;14 "Basically, an entity key is a group of attributes such that the mapping from the entity set to the corresponding group of value sets is one-to-one
16 ;;Quote: since a relationship is identified by the involved entities, can use their keys for the relationship key


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