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.

Faiz Currim, Sudha Ram, Modeling Spatial and Temporal Set-Based Constraints During Conceptual Database Design, Information Systems Research, Vol. 23, No. 1 (March 2012), pp. 109-128 ...

The evaluation of solutions performed against the canonical data model, whether those solutions are being designed or considered for purchase, is a qualitative one. There is no expectation that the ...