Designing queries and establishing a data dictionary are important. Decisions should be informed by the Data Protection Act. Entities, attributes and relationships should be clearly defined.
Part of Computing ScienceDatabase design and development
In database design, entities represent what will become tables during implementation.
The term 'entity' is used to describe the following:
Entities are made up of many attributes.
Attributes are the specific characteristics of an entity. Attributes will become fields during implementation.
As an example, an entity to store information on a country may include the following attributes: