Key Concepts in Information Management and Databases

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Information Management (IM)

The process of collecting, storing, managing, and maintaining information in an organized way to ensure accessibility, security, and usefulness.

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Information Lifecycle

The stages information goes through: Create, Use, Store, Destroy or Preserve, and Protect.

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Physical Data

Information assets in physical form, such as papers, documents, and books.

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Digital Data

Information assets in digital form, such as files, databases, and online information.

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Importance of IM

Ensures organization, protection, efficient decision-making, cost reduction, and legal compliance.

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Key Components of IM

Governance, Systems, Processes, Sharing & Delivery.

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Five Pillars of IM

Leadership, Operations, Processes, Data, Technology.

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Benefits of IM

Easy retrieval, cost savings, improved transparency, business continuity, and legal compliance.

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RA 10173

The Data Privacy Act of 2012 in the Philippines, protecting personal data and privacy.

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National Privacy Commission (NPC)

The Philippine agency overseeing data privacy and enforcing the Data Privacy Act.

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Database

A collection of related data designed for a specific purpose.

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Database Management System (DBMS)

A computerized system for creating, maintaining, and manipulating databases.

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Characteristics of Database Approach

Self-describing nature, data abstraction, multiple views, and multi-user processing.

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Database Administrator (DBA)

Manages security, performance, and user access in a database system.

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Database Designer

Structures data for efficient storage and retrieval.

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System Analyst

Determines requirements and develops specifications for database systems.

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End User

Queries, updates, and reports data in a database system.

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Advantages of DBMS

Reduces redundancy, restricts unauthorized access, supports complex relationships, ensures data integrity.

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Relational Model

A data model introducing data abstraction and flexibility.

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NoSQL Systems

Databases handling large-scale, unstructured data.

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Data Abstraction

Suppressing details of data organization to highlight essential features.

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Data Models

Concepts describing the structure of a database, including entities, attributes, and relationships.

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High-Level Data Models

Provide concepts close to how users perceive data, such as entities and relationships.

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Low-Level Data Models

Describe how data is stored on computer storage media.

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Entities

Represent real-world objects or concepts in a database.

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Attributes

Properties of interest describing entities.

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Relationships

Associations between two or more entities.

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Database Schema

A description of a database's structure, including tables, relationships, and constraints.

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Schema Diagram

A visual representation of a database schema.

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Database State

The data in a database at a particular moment in time.

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Three-Schema Architecture

Internal, Conceptual, and External levels separating user applications from the physical database.

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Data Definition Language (DDL)

Used to define database schemas.

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Data Manipulation Language (DML)

Used for retrieving and updating data in a database.

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DBMS Interfaces

Include menu-based, forms-based, graphical, and natural language interfaces.

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Centralized DBMS

All DBMS functionality is carried out on one machine.

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Client/Server Architecture

Separates client and server functions in a database system.

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Relational Algebra

A procedural query language defining operations on relations.

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Relational Calculus

A non-procedural query language using logical predicates.

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Selection Operation

Retrieves specific rows from a table based on a condition.

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Projection Operation

Retrieves specific columns from a table.

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Join Operation

Combines tuples from two relations based on a condition.

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Natural Join

Matches tuples based on common attribute names.

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Cartesian Product

Combines every tuple from one table with every tuple from another.

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Set Operations

Include Union, Intersection, and Set Difference.

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Query Optimization

Improves database performance by reducing computational load.

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Entity-Relationship (ER) Model

A high-level conceptual data model for designing databases.

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ER Diagram

A visual representation of entities, attributes, and relationships in a database.

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Cardinality Ratio

Specifies the maximum number of relationship instances an entity can participate in.

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Participation Constraints

Specify whether an entity's existence depends on its relationship with another entity.

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Specialization

Subdividing entities into subtypes.

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Generalization

Merging subtypes into a higher-level entity.

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