The Data Model Resource Book, Vol. 3: Universal Patterns for Data Modeling (Paperback)

Len Silverston

  • 出版商: Wiley
  • 出版日期: 2008-12-01
  • 定價: $2,200
  • 售價: 9.5$2,090
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 642
  • 裝訂: Paperback
  • ISBN: 0470178450
  • ISBN-13: 9780470178454
  • 相關分類: 資料庫Data Science
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This third volume of the best-selling "Data Model Resource Book" series revolutionizes the data modeling discipline by answering the question "How can you save significant time while improving the quality of any type of data modeling effort?" In contrast to the first two volumes, this new volume focuses on the fundamental, underlying patterns that affect over 50 percent of most data modeling efforts. These patterns can be used to considerably reduce modeling time and cost, to jump-start data modeling efforts, as standards and guidelines to increase data model consistency and quality, and as an objective source against which an enterprise can evaluate data models.

Praise for The Data Model Resource Book, Volume 3

"Len and Paul look beneath the superficial issues of data modeling and have produced a work that is a must for every serious designer and manager of an IT project."
Bill Inmon, World-renowned expert, speaker, and author on data warehousing and widely recognized as the "father of data warehousing"

"The Data Model Resource Book, Volume 3: Universal Patterns for Data Modeling is a great source for reusable patterns you can use to save a tremendous amount of time, effort, and cost on any data modeling effort. Len Silverston and Paul Agnewhave provided an indispensable reference of very high-quality patterns for the most foundational types of datamodel structures. This book represents a revolutionary leap in moving the data modeling profession forward."
Ron Powell, Cofounder and Editorial Director of the Business Intelligence Network

"After we model a Customer, Product, or Order, there is still more about each of these that remains to be captured, such as roles they play, classifications in which they belong, or states in which they change. The Data Model Resource Book, Volume 3: Universal Patterns for Data Modeling clearly illustrates these common structures. Len Silverston and Paul Agnew have created a valuable addition to our field, allowing us to improve the consistency and quality of our models by leveraging the many common structures within this text."
Steve Hoberman, Best-Selling Author of Data Modeling Made Simple

"The large national health insurance company I work at has actively used these data patterns and the (Universal Data Models) UDM, ahead of this book, through Len Silverston’s UDM Jump Start engagement. The patterns have found their way into the core of our Enterprise Information Model, our data warehouse designs, and progressively into key business function databases. We are getting to reuse the patterns across projects and are reaping benefits in understanding, flexibility, and time-to-market. Thanks so much."
David Chasteen, Enterprise Information Architect

"Reusing proven data modeling design patterns means exactly that. Data models become stable, but remain very flexible to accommodate changes. We have had the fortune of having Len and Paul share the patterns that are described in this book via our engagements with Universal Data Models, LLC. These data modeling design patterns have helped us to focus on the essential business issues because we have leveraged these reusable building blocks for many of the standard design problems. These design patterns have also helped us to evaluate the quality of data models for their intended purpose. Many times there are a lot of enhancements required. Too often the very specialized business-oriented data model is also implemented physically. This may have significant drawbacks to flexibility. I’m looking forward to increasing the data modeling design pattern competence within Nokia with the help of this book."
Teemu Mattelmaki, Chief Information Architect, Nokia

"Once again, Len Silverston, this time together with Paul Agnew, has made a valuable contribution to the body of knowledge about datamodels, and the act of building sound data models. As a professional data modeler, and teacher of data modeling for almost three decades, I have always been aware that I had developed some familiar mental "patterns" which I acquired very early in my data modeling experience. When teaching data modeling, we use relatively simple workshops, but they are carefully designed so the students will see and acquire a lot of these basic "patterns" — templates that they will recognize and can use to interpret different subject matter into data model form quickly and easily. I’ve always used these patterns in the course of facilitating data modeling sessions; I was able to recognize "Ah, this is just like . . . ," and quickly apply a pattern that I’d seen before. But, in all this time, I’ve never sat down and clearly categorized and documented what each of these “patterns’’ actually was in such a way that they could be easily and clearly communicated to others; Len and Paul have done exactly that. As in the other Data Model Resource Books, the thinking and writing is extraordinarily clear and understandable. I personally would have been very proud to have authored this book, and I sincerely applaud Len and Paul for another great contribution to the art and science of data modeling. It will be of great value to any data modeler."
William G. Smith, President, William G. Smith & Associates, www.williamgsmith.com

"Len Silverston and Paul Agnew’s book, Universal Patterns for Data Modeling, is essential reading for anyone undertaking commercial datamodeling. With this latest volume that compiles and insightfully describes fundamental, universal data patterns, The Data Model Resource Book series represents the most important contribution to the data modeling discipline in the last decade."
Dr. Graeme Simsion, Author of Data Modeling Essentials and Data Modeling Theory and Practice

"Volume 3 of this trilogy is a most welcome addition to Len Silverston’s two previous books in this area. Guidance has existed for some time for those who desire to use pattern-based analysis to jump-start their data modeling efforts. Guidance exists for those who want to use generalized and industry-specific data constructs to leverage their efforts. What has been missing is guidance to those of us needing guidance to complete the roughly one-third of data models that are not generalized or industry-specific. This is where the magic of individual organizational strategies must manifest itself, and Len and Paul have done so clearly and articulately in a manner that complements the first two volumes of The Data Model Resource Book. By adding this book to Volumes 1 and 2 you will be gaining access to some of the most integrated data modeling guidance available on the planet."
Dr. Peter Aiken, Author of XML in Data Management and data management industry leader VCU/Data Blueprint

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本暢銷書系列的第三卷革命性地改進了資料建模學科,回答了一個問題:「在提升任何類型的資料建模工作的品質的同時,如何節省大量時間?」與前兩卷不同,這本新書聚焦於影響大多數資料建模工作超過50%的基本底層模式。這些模式可以用來大幅減少建模時間和成本,加速資料建模工作,作為提高資料模型一致性和品質的標準和指南,以及作為企業評估資料模型的客觀依據。

對於《資料模型資源書第三卷》,有以下讚譽:
「Len和Paul深入探討資料建模的表面問題,並創作出一本對每位嚴肅的設計師和IT專案經理來說都是必讀之作。」——Bill Inmon,世界知名的資料倉儲專家、演講者和作家,被廣泛認為是「資料倉儲之父」。

《資料模型資源書第三卷:通用資料建模模式》是一個非常寶貴的資源,提供可重複使用的模式,可在任何資料建模工作中節省大量時間、精力和成本。Len Silverston和Paul Agnew提供了一個不可或缺的高品質模式參考,適用於最基礎的資料模型結構類型。這本書代表了資料建模專業向前邁進的一個革命性飛躍。——Ron Powell,商業智能網絡的聯合創始人和編輯總監。

「在我們建模客戶、產品或訂單之後,仍然有更多關於它們的內容需要捕捉,例如它們扮演的角色、所屬的分類或它們的狀態變化。《資料模型資源書第三卷:通用資料建模模式》清晰地展示了這些常見結構。Len Silverston和Paul Agnew為我們的領域創造了一個寶貴的補充,通過利用本書中的許多常見結構,我們可以提高模型的一致性和品質。」——Steve Hoberman,暢銷書《簡化資料建模》的作者。

「我所在的大型國家健康保險公司在這本書出版之前,通過Len Silverston的UDM Jump Start計劃積極使用這些資料模式和通用資料模型(UDM)。這些模式已經融入我們的企業資訊模型、數據倉儲設計,並逐漸應用於關鍵業務功能數據庫。我們正在在項目之間重複使用這些模式,並在理解、靈活性和上市時間方面獲得了好處。非常感謝。」——David Chasteen,企業資訊架構師。

「重複使用經過驗證的資料建模設計模式意味著確實如此。資料模型變得穩定,但仍然非常靈活,以應對變化。我們有幸通過與Universal Data Models, LLC的合作,使用了這本書中描述的模式。這些資料建模設計模式幫助我們專注於核心業務問題,因為我們利用這些可重複使用的基礎模塊解決了許多標準設計問題。這些設計模式還幫助我們評估資料模型的品質是否符合預期。很多時候需要進行許多增強。太常見的是,非常專業的面向業務的資料模型也被實際實現。這可能對靈活性有重大缺陷。我期待著在諾基亞內部通過這本書的幫助提高資料建模設計模式能力。」——Teemu Mattelmaki,首席資訊架構師,諾基亞。

「Len Silverston再次與Paul Agnew合作,這次對知識體系做出了有價值的貢獻,關於資料建模的知識。」