The Data Model Resource Book – Universal Data Models
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Couple of years ago I brought two books for my company. Today I can say that I made a small investment that still works pretty well. These books are titled as The Data Model Reosurce Book and author of these books is Len Silverston.
First volume of Data Model Resource Book introduces common models that are used by almost all industries. Second volume offers us industry specific models.
These models are not something final and also they are not absolute truth. You can use these models to build your own models that fit best to your applications.
For me these models are very important. When I start modeling new object model I will check these books for sure. Most interesting parts of models represented in these books are abstractions. You can build many parts of your system on abstractions based on models of this book. You don’t need to change these abstractions significantly later. Also these abstractions keep you moving on right direction.
Both books can be used as manuals you keep on your desk. But you can also read these books from cover to cover – you will learn a lot of new stuff and you will look at your models not like before.
My company uses these books and this far we have had no disappointments – all the models and abstractions from these books have helped us a lot. I strongly recommend Data Model Resource Books for everybody how wants to build strong, extensible and flexible data models.
Review from Amazon
"Len Silverston has produced an enormously useful two-volume compendium of generic (but not too generic) data models for an extensive set of typical enterprise subject areas, and for various industries that any data modeler will likely encounter at some point in his or her career. The material is clearly written, well organized, and goes below the obvious to some of the more perverse and difficult information requirements in an enterprise. This is an invaluable resource for doing one’s homework before diving into any modeling session; if you can’t find it here, there is certainly a very similar template that you can use for just about any situation with which you might be faced."
–William G. Smith, President, William G. Smith & Associates
Table of Contents
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Foreword. Introduction. Creating the Data Warehouse Data Model from the Enterprise Data Model. Appendix A: Logical Data Model Entities and Attributes. How to Use the CD-ROM Product. Index. | Foreword. Introduction. Using the Industry Models in the Real World. Appendix A: Entities and Attributes for Manufacturing Models. How to Use the Volume 2 Industry Electronic Products. Index. |
You can also see List of Free data models in this site
http://databaseanswers.org/data_models/
It contains 100’s of data models