A Normal Form For Entity-Relationship Diagrams.

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/er/Ling85,
  author    = {Tok Wang Ling},
  editor    = {Peter P. Chen},
  title     = {A Normal Form For Entity-Relationship Diagrams},
  booktitle = {Entity-Relationship Approach: The Use of ER Concept in Knowledge
               Representation, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference
               on Entity-Relationship Approach, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 29-30
               October 1985},
  publisher = {IEEE Computer Society and North-Holland},
  year      = {1985},
  isbn      = {0-444-87951-X},
  pages     = {24-35},
  ee        = {db/conf/er/Ling85.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/er/85},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

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