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Re: database design method

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_nospam_ncs.es>
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2002 22:08:00 GMT
Message-ID: <3dc70dfb.7970510@news.wanadoo.es>


On Sun, 3 Nov 2002 20:10:01 -0500, "Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote:

>2. The conceptual model captures an information model and need not represent
>anything for machine consumption. In other words, it captures the concepts
>used by human beings.
>
>3. The logical model represents some or all of a conceptual model in an
>abstract form suitable for machine manipulation.

Fabian Pascal's samples seems to suggest that the data is also a part of the logical model, but not a part of the conceptual model.

http://www.dbazine.com/pascal1.html

Am I wrong?

Alfredo Received on Tue Nov 05 2002 - 16:08:00 CST

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