Generic industry data models do have a place, but they serve as a kick-start to the modeling process, not the destination. Consider an address; organizations may break address components apart in ...

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Normalization clusters data items together based on functional dependencies within the data items. This normalized arrangement expresses the semantics of the business items being presented.

Data modeling tools play an important role in business, representing how data flows through an organization. It’s important for businesses to understand what the best data modeling tools are across ...