In the simplest terms, a logical data model is a visual representation of the business rules and requirements covering the universe-of-discourse for a given solution or enterprise, along with some ...

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.

Occasionally one may hear that a data model is 'over-normalized,' but just what does that mean? Normalization is intended to analyze the functional dependencies across a set of data. The goal is to ...

Logical data models detail how entities in the conceptual model map to tables, fields, indexes and relationships within a relational database. For example, a relational table may represent an ...

MISMO, the standards development body for the mortgage industry released its logical data model as the next generation of the MISMO data exchange, according to a press release.

Technical challenges aside, the value you get from your data (data utility) can be severely limited by the need to comply with data privacy laws (personal data sovereignty).