Questions tagged [data-modeling]
Elaborating passive data structures based on the analysis of data requirements for the purpose of designing and implementing standardised data formats, databases and data processing systems.
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How to make the common "organization > project > content" conceptual model handle more subdivisions?
I am working on a system of websites and am back to an age-old problem of how to group the content. In simplest terms, I am wanting to build something like a hierarchical organization of content, ...
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Fixed vs dynamic properties for a system with customization and changing requirements
Edit: writing a more specific question, as per comment, I guess my question boils down to: are dynamic properties designs appropriate for applications with rich UI and complex business logic (as ...
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Modeling a CSV file: What is the standard? Python or SQL?
I have a wide CSV file of about 350mb, and want to load it into a SQL database and properly model the data to make it easier to use for analysis. I could split the data into tables with python and ...
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Data Modeling: Are technical concepts within a tool that implement a business entity entities as well?
I believe this forum is the correct one for my question, based on the community guidelines but let me know if not. It seemed like the best fit. I am performing a data modeling exercise to formulate a ...
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Should I duplicate or inherit a python dataclass which changes attributes based on the version of an API endpoint?
I'm working on a python library for a REST API.I'm using python data classes to represent the structure of the returned JSON The v2 of this API returns a slightly different object when compared to v1. ...
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User (Actor) data shared across Domains / Microservices
I have read through a number of posts on Software Engineering but am unable to find a suitable solution for the problem my team and I are trying to solve. We are building a system where we have ...
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How to document a NoSQL document-based data model?
How do you document the logical data model of a document-oriented database like MongoDB? For relational databases, Entity-Relationship diagrams or UML class diagrams are used. What is the practice for ...
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Thinking about data as object vs table row [closed]
It often happens that we have a set of structured data. Let's say our data is about charitable organizations. I could turn it into a list/set of objects/structs: struct Charity { let name: String ...
