Chapter 4 Building Conceptual Data Models


Association link properties

You can double-click any association link symbol in the diagram to display its properties:

Property Description
Entity Entity connected by the association link
Association Association connected by the association link
Role Label indicating the role of the association link
Identifier Indicates if the entity is dependent on the other entity
Cardinality Number of occurrences (one or many) of one entity to another entity
Stereotype Sub-classification used to extend the semantics of an object without changing its structure; it can be predefined or user-defined

 


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