Data Structure Modeling

This is a collection of information on Data Structure Modeling (some times called simply Data Modeling). This is an essential exercise to be carried out in any business BEFORE designing any computer system.

By John Owens • December 17th, 2008

Before computerising any Business Functions it is essential to identify and model the data used or created by these Functions and its relationship to other data items (or data entities) within the business.  
This is where the Data Structure Model - often referred to as an Entity Relationship Diagram or ERD - is an indispensable model.
It is [...]