Unit 045 - Non-spatial Database Models
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Topics covered in this unit
Intended learning outcomes
Instructors' notes
Metadata and revision history
Body of unit
Motivation
Fundamental Concepts and Terminology
Data
Spatial vs. Non-spatial Data
Database
Repository
DBMS
Queries
Data Model
Common Data Models
Entity-Relationship Model
Entities
Relationships
The Network Model
The Relational Model
Tuples
Relations
Tuples, Relations and Keys
Relationships
Query Languages
RDBMS
Advantages of the Relational Model
The Object Model
What is the Object Model?
Inheritance Relationships and Typing
Encapsulation
Comparison to the Relational Model
Summary
Review and Study Questions
Bibliography
Evaluation
Citation
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