Atomicity and semantic normalization

This paper contrasts two different approaches to designing relational databases that are free of redundancy. The Object-Role Modeling (ORM) approach captures semantics in terms of atomic (elementary or existential) fact types, before grouping the fact types into relation schemes. Normalization by de...

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Main Authors: Carver, Andy, Halpin, Terry
Format: Article
Published: IGI Global 2010
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Online Access:http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1199/