Oracle Designer: A Template for Developing an Enterprise Standards Document

Outlines standards for system development and sets naming conventions for logical and physical objects as well as for data and process elements, and documents recommended conventions for use with the primary diagramming tools found in Oracle Designer. Conventions are presented for the business process modeler, and the function hierarchy, entity relationship and server model diagrammers. The CD-ROM contains a standards document template in Word. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

MARK A. KRAMM is the President of Palindrome Solutions, Inc., which specializes in Oracle CDM Advantage™ and Designer training and consulting. He has published numerous articles in Oracle Developer Magazine and the Oracle Development Tools User Group (ODTUG) Technical Journal and is a regular presenter at national and international conferences. He has been on ODTUG's Board of Directors since 1997.

KENT B. GRAZIANO, Jr., is a Senior Technical Architect for ARIS Corporation in Denver, Colorado, where he leads efforts using Oracle's Designer tool to aid in analysis, design, development, and re-engineering of enterprise systems and data warehouses. He is President of the ODTUG and winner of the 1999 Chris Wooldridge Award from IOUG-A. He is co-author of the successful Data Model Resource Book with Bill Inmon and Len Silverston.