XML’s emergence did not initially make our lives easier—at best, they did not change much. We quickly started writing our many data formats using angle brackets, which looked neat, but did not make ...

THE GOOD NEWS is that Office 11 supports XML Schema. The bad news is that XML Schema has been described even by XML experts as “confusing,” “impenetrable,” “fuzzy,” and “as user-friendly as a stick in ...

The Covid-19 pandemic reminded us that everyday life is full of interdependencies. The data models and logic for tracking the progress of the pandemic, understanding its spread in the population, ...

Data modeling refers to the architecture that allows data analysis to use data in decision-making processes. A combined approach is needed to maximize data insights. While the terms data analysis and ...

Why the roles for NoSQL and Big Data are broadly misunderstood today How market enthusiasm for these loosely-defined domains has challenged traditional data modeling assumptions Why data modeling is ...

A guide to the 10 most common data modeling mistakes Your email has been sent Data modeling is the process through which we represent information system objects or entities and the connections between ...