Chapter III.1. Using Proper Normalization Techniques
Databases took a great leap forward when Edgar F. Codd defined the first three normal forms in his 1970 paper "A Relational Model of Data for Large Shared Data Banks." Over the years, many more normal forms have been defined, but even today, the first three normal forms are the most commonly used. Today's popular Relational Database Management Systems (including SQL Server 2008) are based on the relational model first identified by Codd.
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