Master Data Services: Analogy to remember what are Models, Entities and Attributes
Let’s understand master data services terminologies using an analogy. We’ll use the world of RDBMS for our analogy:
Terminology in MDS Analogy w/ RDBMS Models SQL server Schema which is used to group logical entities together. Entities Table Attributes Columns
And here’s a picture that captures the thought: Models contains entities; entities contains Attributes:
And Here’s the official reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee633763.aspx
Conclusion:
Thinking about the master data services terminologies by drawing an analogy helps me remember them – I hope it helps someone out there too.