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Barry WILLIAMS wrote:
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> Hi,
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> I am a freelance consultant specialising in the Finance, Insurance and
> Banking areas and would like to locate sources of relevant generic
> Data Models or Database designs.
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> I would be happy to swap time or expertise, (or, of course money), and
>
> would also be very pleased to hear of sources of 'public domain' Data
> Models.
They are few and far between, but I've come across a couple which are very handy to use as a starting point:
"The Data Model Resource Book" by Silverston, Inmon, Graziano "Data Model Patterns: Conventions of Thought" by Hay
The first one I have used extensively and is basically a fully
documented
set of data models for People & Organizations, Products, Ordering
Products,
Order Delivery & Invoicing, Work Effort, Accounting & Budgeting,
Human Resources, and data warehousing in general.
The second I have not read yet, but plan to very soon. The concepts in these books can help you to model systems that are not even included in their models and you can likely use part of many of the models in any system.