Graeme Simsion, author of several bestsellers including The Rosie Project, provides a detailed review of the extensive literature on data modeling and logical database design, referencing nearly 500 publications, with a strong focus on their relevance to practice.DATA MODELING THEORY AND PRACTICE is for practitioners and academics who have learned the conventions and rules of data modeling and are looking for a deeper understanding of the discipline.? The coverage of theory?includes a detailed review of the extensive literature on data modeling and logical database design, referencing nearly 500 publications, with a strong focus on their relevance to practice.? The practice?component incorporates the largest-ever study of data modeling practitioners, involving over 450 participants in interviews, surveys and data modeling tasks.? The results challenge many longstanding held assumptions about data modeling and will be of interest to academics and practitioners alike.Graeme Simsion brings to the book the practical perspective and intellectual clarity that have made his?Data Modeling Essentials?a classic in the