CONCEPTUAL AND LOGICAL DATA MODEL Author: Nanyiri, E.

Conceptual Data
The conceptual mo el !ill emon"trate the relation"hip #et!een the entitie" !ith their attri#ute".
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Logical Model transforms the conce t!al model into meaningf!l set of data elements each "ith its attri#!tes and descri tion of data t$ e% Element
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