Document (#19899)

Author

Artz, J.M.

Title

¬A crash course in metaphysics for the database designer

Source

Journal of database management. 8(1997) no.4, S.25-30

Year

1997

Abstract

Provides a crash course in metaphysics for database designers and show how the problem of universals is central to good database design as it affects the identification of the proper set of objects to be included in the information modelling

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