Semantic Mappings
BooksAndMusic
Title
Author
Publisher
ItemID
ItemType
SuggestedPrice
Categories
Keywords
      Books       
Title
ISBN
Price
DiscountPrice
Edition
      CDs      
Album
ASIN
Price
DiscountPrice
Studio
BookCategories
ISBN
Category
CDCategories
ASIN
Category
Artists
ASIN
ArtistName
GroupName
Authors
ISBN
FirstName
LastName
Inventory
Database A
Inventory Database B
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•“Standards are great, but there are too many.”
Here is a example of a design experiment..
Design schemas for managing the inventory of a store.
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