developerWorks: Modeling a Database with Rational XDE Developer for Java

“Everyone involved in database application development follows
some kind of methodology. The methodology you choose helps you to
analyze your requirements and to develop and deliver the final
product. A principal piece of your methodology will be designing or
modeling your database, based upon your business requirements. In
this article, we’ll talk about designing and modeling specifically
for DB2 Universal Database using Rational XDE Developer for
Java.

“The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is the standard graphical
notation for modeling business and software application needs. The
use of the UML for object-oriented software development has become
widespread in the past few years. In addition to using UML for
object modeling, the strength of UML can be applied to modeling and
designing the data stores which your application is going to use.
Data modeling basically involves analyzing the client’s
requirements in order to develop a model of the client’s data needs
which can then be treated as the blueprint or the framework around
which to build the database for the application…”

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