Making Data Models Readable

Second, it represents the fundamental architecture of an enterprise’s data, and as such is an ideal starting place for database design. To be sure, the final structure of a database may differ from the data model for good and valid reasons, but the closer it remains to the original structure, the more likely it is to be able to resist requirements for future changes. To the system designer and builder, it sends the message: “This (rigorously described) is what you are to build.”