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Attributive Entity Type

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Attributive entity type - definition(s)

Attributive entity type - An entity type that cannot exist on its own and contains attributes describing another entity. An attributive entity type resolves a one-to-many relationship between an entity type and a descriptive attribute that may contain multiple values. Also called characteristic or dependent entity type.

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Source: Larry English, http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml External,  12-Jan-2009 14:35


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