Database Systems

CS-377: Spring 2004

Project General Requirements

Notes:

	New or revised items should always be placed at the beginning of a section, in front of the already-existing items. Then, whenever I look in a section, your newest work in that section will be the first thing that I see.
	Every item included in every section should include on it a clear Last modified: or Last modified/printed: date. This is an important habit to get into for items that may change over the life of a project --- it makes it far easier for someone to tell which is the latest version of something.
	Note that failing to follow the specifications will affect your grade, both on the individual milestones and on the final version of the project.

Database minimum structural requirements:

Because an important topic in this course is database design, your project is required to meet certain criteria to help ensure that it is at least a little bit interesting in a structural sense. Projects that do not meet these minimum criteria will be severely penalized.

The database model for your database must include:

* at least 5 distinct, significant (classes of) entities/objects

* note that this is NOT the number of tables --- it is the number of entities/objects. As you will find out, each entity in a model will be converted into one or more tables in the corresponding database design.

* a superclass entity along with all of its subclass entities count as a single entity toward the five-entity requirement. Be careful!

* at least 4 relationships

* at least one of these relationships must be a legitimate many-one relationship.

* at least one of these relationships must be a legitimate many-many relationship.

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