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Overview

It is extremely important in data modeling, and in systems development in general, to choose clear and well thought out names for objects. The result of your efforts will be a clear, concise, and unambiguous model of a business area.

Naming standards and conventions are identical for all types of logical models, including both the Entity Relationship diagrams (ERD) and Key-based (KB) diagrams.