Viewing data modelling as dead or irrelevant arises from these trends that affect data modelling: The rise of NoSQL datastores that offer flexibility using schema-less key-value pairs.

Unified data modeling supports features like document schema of NoSQL databases and reverse engineering of data from an existing database. It also supports visual refactoring of existing databases.

Microsoft has made a promised public preview of its Common Data Model (CDM) entity database available to testers. CDM is at the heart of the coming Microsoft Dynamics 365 bundle.

In Key Value data stores, data is represented as a collection of key–value pairs. InfoQ spoke with Casey Rosenthal from Basho team about data modeling when using Key Value NoSQL databases.

On the morning of August 21, Dameng Data's Vice General Manager, Fu Xin, delivered a keynote speech titled "Intelligent Multi ...

Physical data model: This layer defines how the logical model will be applied to the actual data set. Using this layer, IT teams create the real database structure, as well as the hardware and ...

Alternatively, if a solution is being built internally, an existing canonical data model can be a valuable jump-start to the process of building a physical database design covering one or more areas ...

This approach features a centralized database linked to other data stores with a common data model that carries information from one point to another, without the need to rewrite code.

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