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Assignment 1

Goal: design ER model for movie database (e.g. IMDb)
  • spec gave many clues, but also left ambiguities
  • DB needs to be able to provide information to UI
Good aspects of Group Discussions so far:
  • lively discussions and insightful contributions
  • messages often smaller than previous years (Gen SMS?)
Common problems observed in Group ER's
  • information loss (e.g. Actor plays Char in Movie)
  • inappropriate use of thick lines and arrows
  • imprecision in attaching entities to relationships