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Class Diagrams vs. Semantic Data Models

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True or False: At a high level of detail, UML class diagrams look like semantic data models used in database design — both show entities, their attributes, and the relations between them.

Correct Answer

True

Explanation

At a high level of detail, class diagrams look like semantic data models. Semantic data models are used in database design and show the data entities, their associated attributes, and the relations between entities. You can think of entities in a semantic data model as simplified object classes (with no operations), attributes as object class attributes, and relations as named associations between object classes.

Reference

Software Engineering, Ian Sommerville, 9th edition


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