Database design

Database design is the organization of data according to a database model. The designer determines what data must be stored and how the data elements interrelate. With this information, they can begin to fit the data to the database model. A database management system manages the data accordingly.

Database design involves classifying data and identifying interrelationships. This theoretical representation of the data is called an ontology.

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