Metadata model to record SQL logical schemas

Figure E.3 shows a metadata model covering the concepts involved in the logical schema for an SQL-based relational database. It enables the tables and columns in many different databases to be recorded. The uniqueness, referential and general constraints that may be declared for those tables and columns can also be recorded.

FIGURE E.3 A metadata model describing physical SQL database concepts

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