Occasionally one may hear that a data model is 'over-normalized,' but just what does that mean? Normalization is intended to analyze the functional dependencies across a set of data. The goal is to ...

The end goal of database design is to be able to transform a logical data model into an actual physical database. A logical data model is required before you can even begin to design a physical ...

One of the most important steps in desiging a database is establishing the data model. Part one of a two-part article describes how to create a logical model.

A logical data model captures how a company conducts its business and how the data are organized for decision-making and analysis. The Utilities LDM also highlights data integrity problems, provides ...

MISMO, the standards development body for the mortgage industry released its logical data model as the next generation of the MISMO data exchange, according to a press release.