Entity-Relationship Modeling

Basic Entity-Relationship Modeling
The basic entity-relationship modeling approach is based on describing data in terms of the three parts noted above (Chen 1976):
Entities
Relationships between entitles
Attributes of entitles or relationships ...

Entity-relationship modeling (E/R modeling) - An approach of data modeling that aims to identify the entities of interest and their relationships in database design. The major tool for E/R modeling is the Entity-relationship diagram.
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Entity-relationship modeling is a relational schema database modeling method, used in software engineering to produce a type of conceptual data model (or semantic data model) of a system, often a relational database, ...

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