Standards
very important without them communication would be impossible across devices
Normal forms
ONF (UNF)
1NF
2NF
3NF
0NF conditions
each field must be unique
unique records
each record must have same number of fields
all data in each field must have same domain/type
1NF condition
all elements must be atomic
What does atomic mean?
indivisible
2NF condition
each field must depend on the whole key or not (no partial dependencies)
3NF conditions
each must depend on the key (no transitive dependencies)