Contents of

Data Model Patterns:
Conventions of Thought

by David C. Hay

ISBN: 0-932633-29-3  
©1996  288 pages   hardcover  
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Subject(s): Data Modeling

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Figures and Tables
Foreword
Preface

1: Introduction             top

DATA MODELING'S PROMISE AND FAILURE

Clarity
Fundamentals of the Business
How Standards Can Help

ABOUT MODELING CONVENTIONS
THESE MODELS AND YOUR ORGANIZATION

Models and Systems: A Word About Implementation

WHO SHOULD READ THIS BOOK?

2: Data Modeling Conventions             top

SYNTACTIC CONVENTIONS

Entities
Subtypes and Supertypes
Attributes
Relationships

POSITIONAL CONVENTIONS
SEMANTIC CONVENTIONS
REFERENCES

3: The Enterprise and Its World             top

PARTIES
EMPLOYEE ASSIGNMENTS
ORGANIZATIONS
ADDRESSES
GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS
REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS
ABOUT TYPES
ABOUT POINTS OF VIEW
IN SUMMARY

4: Things of the Enterprise             top

PRODUCTS AND PRODUCT TYPES
INVENTORY
STRUCTURE
HETEROGENEOUS ENTITIES
A VARIATION
REFERENCES

5: Procedures and Activities             top

SOME DEFINITIONS
DIVIDING ACTIVITIES
WORK ORDERS
LABOR USAGE
ACTUAL ASSET USAGE

Asset Structure

KINDS OF WORK ORDERS

Maintenance Work Orders
Production Orders
Projects
Work Orders in Response to Safety-Related Incidents

IN SUMMARY

6: Contracts             top

PURCHASE ORDERS AND SALES ORDERS
USER SPECIFICATIONS
CONTRACT ROLES
EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS
MARKETING REGIONS AND DISTRICTS
DELIVERIES OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
SUMMARY OF MATERIAL MOVEMENTS
IN SUMMARY

7: Accounting            top

BASIC BOOKKEEPING

Revenue
Expense
Investment
Depreciation
Manufacturing and Maintenance
Cost of Goods Sold
The Meta-model

SUMMARIZATION

Time and Budgets

REFERENCES

8: The Laboratory             top

SAMPLES, TESTS, AND OBSERVATIONS
DERIVED OBSERVATIONS
TEST TYPES
SAMPLE METHODS
TESTING FOR MATERIAL COMPOSITION
TESTS AS ACTIVITIES

9: Material Requirements Planning             top

PLANNING FINISHED PRODUCTS
DETERMINING COMPONENT REQUIREMENTS
FIRM PLANNED ORDERS
THE MANUFACTURING PLANNING MODEL
THE PLANNING MODEL

10: Process Manufacturing             top

MORE ABOUT ASSETS
STRUCTURE AND FLUID PATHS
FLOWS
PROCESSES
MONITORING PROCESSES

Tags and Measuring Points
The Laboratory
Translation of Tag Values

11: Documents             top

THE DOCUMENT
STRUCTURE
ROLES

Authorship
Receipt of Documents
Other Roles

SUBJECT AND CONTENTS
VERSIONS
VARIABLE FORMAT FORMS

Clinical Trials Observations
Material Safety Data Sheets

REFERENCES

12: Lower-Level Conventions             top

THINGS, THING TYPES, AND CATEGORIES
ADDRESSES
ROLES
RESOURCES
RELATIONSHIPS
VARIABLE LENGTH RECORDS
USUALLY ONE, SOMETIMES MANY
MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSIONS IN THE DATA MODEL
THE UNIVERSAL DATA MODEL
A FINAL EXAMPLE
REFERENCES

Bibliography
Index

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