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The Merise Notation
 
Prerequisite
About Data Modeling (Merise)
Concept Synthesis for Data Modeling (Merise)
Creating a Data Model (Merise)
Data Diagram (Merise)
The entities (Merise)
Creating an entity
The associations (Merise)
Examples of associations
Reflexive relationships
"n-ary" relationships
Participations or cardinalities
Creating an Association (Relationship)
Attributes (Information) - Merise
Properties
Identifier
Creating Attributes
Normalization Rules (Merise)
First Normal Form
Second Normal Form
Third Normal Form
Refining Data Model Specification (Merise)
Ordering Attributes
Attribute Description
Participations or cardinalities
Sub-typing (Merise)
What is sub-type?
Prerequisite
To use the Merise notation, you must select the corresponding option:
1. On the HOPEX Information Architecture desktop, click Main Menu > Settings > Options.
2. In the navigation tree, expand the Data Modeling folder.
3. Click Data Notation.
4. In the right-hand side of the window, select the Merise notation:
5. Click OK.