Chapter 4 Building Conceptual Data Models
You can double-click any relationship symbol in the diagram to display its properties:
Property | Description |
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Name | The name of the item which should be clear and meaningful, and should convey the item's purpose to non-technical users |
Code | The technical name of the item used for generating code or scripts, which may be abbreviated, and should not generally include spaces |
Comment | Descriptive label for the relationship |
Stereotype | Sub-classification used to extend the semantics of an object without changing its structure; it can be predefined or user-defined |
Entity1
Entity2 |
The two entities linked by the relationship |
Generate | Indicates to generate a reference in PDM |
Cardinalities | Contains data about cardinality as the number of instances of one entity in relation to another entity |
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