The Data Model Resource Book Vol 1

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1、TheDataModelResourceBookRevisedEditionVolume1ALibraryofUniversalDataModelsforAllEnterprisesLenSilverstonWileyComputerPublishingJohnWiley&Sons,Inc.NEWYORK•CH1CHESTER•WEINHEIM•BRISBANE•SINGAPORE•TORONTOContentsForewordxiiiAcknowledgmentsXVAbouttheAuthorxviiChapter1Intr

2、oduction1WhyIsThereaNeedforThisBook?1WhoCanBenefitfromReadingThisBook?2TheNeedforUniversalDataModels2AHolisticApproachtoSystemsDevelopment3WhatIstheIntentofThisBookandTheseModels?5WhatIsNewintheSecondEditionoftheDataModelResourceBook?6ConventionsandStandardsUsedinThi

3、sBook8Entities8SubtypesandSupertypes9Non-MutuallyExclusiveSetsofSubtypes11Attributes11Relationships12RelationshipOptionality12RelationshipCardinality12ForeignKeyRelationships14ForeignKeyInheritance15IntersectionorAssociationEntitiestoHandleMany-to-ManyRelationships15

4、ExclusiveArcs16RecursiveRelationships17PhysicalModels17ConventionsUsedforIllustrationTables18ConventionsUsedtoReferenceFigures19TheCompanionCD-ROM19Chapter2PeopleandOrganizations21Organization22Person25Person—AlternateModel26viContentsParty29PartyRoles33OrganizationR

5、oles35CommonPartyRoleSubtypes36ShouldRolesBeDefinedattheTimeoftheTransaction?36PartyRoleExample37RoleTypesthroughoutThisBook37PartyRelationship39PartyRelationshipExamples44PartyRelationshipInformation46StatusTypes47PartyContactInformation47PostalAddressInformation49G

6、eographicBoundaries51PartyContactMechanism—TelecommunicationsNumbersandElectronicAddresses53PartyContactMechanism(Expanded)54ContactMechanismPurpose56FacilityversusContactMechanism58PartyCommunicationEvent58CommunicationEventFollow-Up63Summary67Chapter3Products69Prod

7、uctDefinition70ProductCategory71ProductIdentificationCodes75ProductFeatures76ProductFeatureInteraction78ProductFeatureSubtypes78ProductFeatureExamples79UnitofMeasure80SuppliersandManufacturersofProducts81InventoryItemStorage84ProductPricing87PricingSubtypes87PriceCom

8、ponentAttributesandRelationshiptoProductorProductFeature89PricingFactors89InternationalPricing91ExampleofProductPricing.91ProductCo