Extended e-r features, Database Management System

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Although, the essential features of E-R diagrams are enough to design many database situations. Though, with more difficult relations and advanced database applications, it is need to move to enhanced features of E-R models. The three such features are:

  • Generalisation
  • Specialisation, and
  • Aggregation

In this part, we have described them with the help of an example. More detail on them are available in the further readings and MCS-043.

Example: A bank has an account entity set. The accounts of the bank can be of two parts:

  • Savings account
  • Current account

The statement as above shows a specialisation/generalisation hierarchy. It can be shown as

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Figure: Generalisation and Specialisation hierarchy


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