Information Modeling and Relational Databases

Terry Halpin, Tony Morgan

• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Year: 2024
• ISBN:
  9780443237911
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Mathematics
• Subtopic: Applied Mathematics
• Index: Mathematics

Information Modeling and Relational Databases, Third Edition, provides an introduction to ORM (Object-Role Modeling) and much more. In fact, it is the only book to go beyond introductory coverage and provide all of the in-depth instruction you need to transform knowledge from domain experts into a sound database design. This book is intended for anyone with a stake in the accuracy and efficacy of databases: systems analysts, information modelers, database designers and administrators, and programmers. Dr. Terry Halpin and Dr. Tony Morgan, pioneers in the development of ORM, blend conceptual information with practical instruction that will let you begin using ORM effectively as soon as possible. The all-new Third Edition includes coverage of advances and improvements in ORM and UML, nominalization, relational mapping, SQL, XML, data interchange, NoSQL databases, ontological modeling, and post-relational databases. Supported by examples, exercises, and useful background information, the authors' step-by-step approach teaches you to develop a natural-language-based ORM model, and then, where needed, abstract ER and UML models from it. This book will quickly make you proficient in the modeling technique that is proving vital to the development of accurate and efficient databases that best meet real business objectives.

"This book is an excellent introduction to both information modeling in ORM and relational databases. The book is very clearly written in a step-by-step manner and contains an abundance of well-chosen examples illuminating practice and theory in information modeling. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in conceptual modeling and databases." — Dr. Herman Balsters, Director of the Faculty of Industrial Engineering, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

• Presents the most in-depth coverage of object-role modeling, including a thorough update of the book for the latest versions of ORM, ER, UML, OWL, and BPMN modeling.
• Includes clear coverage of relational database concepts as well as the latest developments in SQL, XML, information modeling, data exchange, and schema transformation.
• Case studies and a large number of class-tested exercises are provided for many topics.
• Includes all-new chapters on data file formats and NoSQL databases.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Information Modeling and Relational Databases
• Copyright
• Contents
• Foreword
• Foreword
• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Information Levels and Frameworks
• Chapter 3: Conceptual Modeling: First Steps
• Chapter 4: Uniqueness Constraints
• Chapter 5: Mandatory Roles
• Chapter 6: Value, Set-Comparison, and Subtype Constraints
• Chapter 7: Other Constraints and Final Checks
• Chapter 8: Entity-Relationship Modeling
• Chapter 9: Data Modeling in UML
• Chapter 10: Advanced Modeling Issues
• Chapter 11: Relational Mapping
• Chapter 12: Relational Languages
• Chapter 13: Other Database Features
• Chapter 14: Schema Transformations
• Chapter 15: Process and State Modeling
• Chapter 16: Data File Formats
• Chapter 17: NoSQL and Other Nonrelational Databases
• Chapter 18: Other Modeling Aspects and Trends
• ORM Glossary
• UML Glossary
• ER Glossary
• Useful websites
• Bibliography
• Index
• Back Cover