The naming of entity types in a conceptual data model
14. Each entity type is named with a singular noun or noun phrase, with the name representing a single instance of the entity type.
Examples are:
VEHICLE
PURCHASE ORDER
15. Entity type names are normally shown in BOLD SMALL CAPITALS in textual descriptions.
16. Uniqueness of entity type names within the common data architecture is to be achieved as follows:
Each entity type name is to be unique within the conceptual data model that includes the entity type.
The concatenation of the name of the conceptual data model with the entity type name provides a unique name for each entity type within the common data architecture.
17. Abbreviations are not used in entity type names.
18. Entity subtypes ...
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