This courseware training guide book will teach students relational database design and data modeling concepts. This is a common starting point for the entire database curriculum. In addition to receiving the print copy of this course book, all students will receive the two e-Learning modules described at the right.
The target audience for this course is all database professionals concerned about the design and implementation of databases. Among the specific groups for whom this course will be helpful are:
- Business analysts
- Data modelers, data analysts and data architects
- Senior application designers and developers
- Database administrators
The objective of this course is to consider the logical design of relational databases using a methodology known as semantic data modeling and related practical techniques. This same course is also known by the name ORACLE10g DESIGNER DATA MODELING. Major subject areas to be explored are:
- Building a logical data model of increasing complexity and accuracy
- Transforming a logical model into a physical model for a relational database
- Using object oriented and semantic modeling techniques to refine a model
- Identifying classic structures and patterns which may be reused among many different models.
- Learn about star schemas, snowflake schemas and data warehouse models
- Introduce the use of a data model diagramming tool and CASE tools
- Consider the physical objects of a relational database and how they implement a logical model.
ABOUT DATA MODELING & RELATIONAL DATABASE DESIGN
WHAT IS DATA MODELING? ABOUT SYSTEM DESIGN METHODOLOGIES MORE ABOUT CASE TOOLS
BUILDING A SIMPLE DATA MODEL
IDENTIFYING ENTITIES IDENTIFYING ATTRIBUTES A SIMPLE MODELING SCENARIO IDENTIFYING RELATIONSHIPS A SIMPLE DATA MODEL SOLUTION
ACHIEVING A MORE ACCURATE MODEL
SUPPLEMENTING THE REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION REFINING THE ATTRIBUTE DEFINITIONS REFINING THE RELATIONSHIP DEFINITIONS
TRANSFORM DATA MODEL INTO APPLICATION DATABASE MODEL
ABOUT APPLICATION DATABASE MODELS TRANSFORMATION TO RELATIONAL MODEL
SEMANTIC & OBJECT ORIENTED MODELING
DEFINING DOMAINS DEFINING SUPERTYPES & SUBTYPES DEFINING ARCS DEFINING LATTICES
CLASSIC STRUCTURES & PATTERNS
BASIC CLASSIC STRUCTURES ADVANCED CLASSIC STRUCTURES
DATA MODEL IMPLEMENTATION USING RELATIONAL DATABASES
RELATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION SUPERTYPE & ARC TRANSFORMATION OPTIONS MORE ABOUT A RELATIONAL DATABASE RELATIONAL DATABASE OBJECTS SQL DDL
DATA WAREHOUSE MODELS
WHAT IS A DATA WAREHOUSE? ABOUT WAREHOUSE MODELS & TERMINOLOGY STAR SCHEMA MODEL SNOWFLAKE SCHEMA MODEL CONTRAST OLTP & WAREHOUSE DATABASES
