In this chapter you will learn how to use a popular
data-modeling tool, entity relationship
diagrams, to document the data that must be captured and stored by a system,
independently of showing how that data is or will be used—that is, independently of
specific inputs, outputs, and processing. You will also learn about a data analysis technique
called normalization that is used to ensure that a data model is a “good” data
model.
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