For your answers to the following Problems and Exercises from prior chapters, transform the EER diagrams into
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For your answers to the following Problems and Exercises from prior chapters, transform the EER diagrams into a set of relational schemas, diagram the functional dependencies, and convert all the relations to third normal form.
a. Chapter 3, Problem and Exercise 12
b. Chapter 3, Problem and Exercise 17
Data from Exercise 12.
Draw an EER diagram for the following description of a law firm: Each case handled by the firm has a unique case number; a date opened, date closed, and judgment description are also kept on each case. A case is brought by one or more plaintiffs, and the same plaintiff may be involved in many cases. A plaintiff has a requested judgment characteristic. A case is against one or more defendants, and the same defendant may be involved in many cases.
A plaintiff or defendant may be a person or an organization. Over time, the same person or organization may be a defendant or a plaintiff in cases. In either situation, such legal entities are identified by an entity number, and other attributes are name and net worth.
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Essentials of Database Management
ISBN: 978-0133405682
1st edition
Authors: Jeffrey A. Hoffer, Heikki Topi, Ramesh Venkataraman