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Data management domain examples

8 九月, 2015 - 12:22

We need to be able to represent any aspects of reality that humans find important to remember. What books are in their library and who has which books checked out? Which people have reserved a seats on our buses, trains, or airplanes? What motor vehicles are registered within our province or country? What was the weather like where we live on a given date? These are but a few common examples of realities which are represented by data.

We will identify several canonical examples here that will be used throughout the following sections of this chapter to explain data management concepts and techniques. Each example represents some aspect of some reality about which it is common to manage data. Each of these examples brings unique challenges to data management. Each domain example description is given here along with the abbreviation that will be used to refer to it in the various example in this chapter.

  • Weather monitoring (WM): This example involves the recording of temperature across a geographic region.
  • Motor vehicle registration (MVR): This example involves recording license information about all vehicles in a geographic region.
  • Library management (LM): This example involves the tracking of library books through the processes of borrowing and return.
  • Train reservations (TR): This involves recording seat reservations for train trips.
  • Manufacturing (MAN): This involves the tracking of parts that are used to fabricate a product.

There are many other are many other examples that could be included here. The reader should be able to how these examples can be extended into other data management domains.