Re: [Slightly OT] data model books/resources?

In an attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net (Robert Treat) transmitted:
> On Thursday 30 March 2006 03:03, Aaron Glenn wrote:
>> Anyone care to share the great books, articles, manifestos, notes,
>> leaflets, etc on data modelling they've come across? Ideally I'd like
>> to find a great college level book on data models, but I haven't come
>> across one that even slightly holds "definitive resource"-type status.
>
> I've heard that "Relational Database Design" (ISBN: 0123264251) is
> good for college level introductory material, though the book I
> generally recommend most is "Practical Issues in Database
> Management" (ISBN: 0201485559)

The one trouble with PIDM is somewhat like that of the discussion of
SQL in the "Third Manifest" book, namely that it's a lot better at
prescribing "Things Not To Do" than it is about how models *should* be
constructed.

With that caveat, it's on my desk :-).
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