Database Entities and Attributes: Booking.com Case Study
Database Entities and Attributes
CMGT\555
April 7, 2014
Professor Jennifer Mroczko
Database Entities and Attributes
A database as documented according to "Dictionary.com" (2014), is a “systematized collection of data that can be accessed immediately and manipulated by a data-processing system for a specific purpose.” These collections of data are used to make searching for a needed product or service easy for a user. Each of these databases is comprised of a number of entities and attributes that are connected relationally to optimize the search for the best possible results. One such database is used by Booking.com. This is a database used for searching hotel rooms throughout the world. This database gives the user the option to find the best hotel room for their leisure or business travel. following will discuss the Booking.com database and the entities and attributes that are used in their database.
Booking.com Hotel Database Booking.com is a subsidiary of Priceline.com which is a leader in the world of booking accommodations online. 625,000 rooms are booked each day using Booking.com. The site was established in 1996 and guarantees the best prices for any type of rentable property ranging from bed and breakfasts to executive apartments and five-star luxury hotels. It is available in 40 languages making it available to literally the entire world. Their database contains all the pertinent information for hotels in most cities and countries throughout the world. These properties are broken down by each significant part of the property and placed in the database to make them searchable by the user when they provide the search engine with their criteria ("Booking.com", 1996-2014).
Entities Entities are described as business subjects or objects. These are the types of people, places, or things that are used in or interact with the business that you are trying to maintain data about. Each of these entities will have a candidate key (CK) that
CMGT\555
April 7, 2014
Professor Jennifer Mroczko
Database Entities and Attributes
A database as documented according to "Dictionary.com" (2014), is a “systematized collection of data that can be accessed immediately and manipulated by a data-processing system for a specific purpose.” These collections of data are used to make searching for a needed product or service easy for a user. Each of these databases is comprised of a number of entities and attributes that are connected relationally to optimize the search for the best possible results. One such database is used by Booking.com. This is a database used for searching hotel rooms throughout the world. This database gives the user the option to find the best hotel room for their leisure or business travel. following will discuss the Booking.com database and the entities and attributes that are used in their database.
Booking.com Hotel Database Booking.com is a subsidiary of Priceline.com which is a leader in the world of booking accommodations online. 625,000 rooms are booked each day using Booking.com. The site was established in 1996 and guarantees the best prices for any type of rentable property ranging from bed and breakfasts to executive apartments and five-star luxury hotels. It is available in 40 languages making it available to literally the entire world. Their database contains all the pertinent information for hotels in most cities and countries throughout the world. These properties are broken down by each significant part of the property and placed in the database to make them searchable by the user when they provide the search engine with their criteria ("Booking.com", 1996-2014).
Entities Entities are described as business subjects or objects. These are the types of people, places, or things that are used in or interact with the business that you are trying to maintain data about. Each of these entities will have a candidate key (CK) that
References: Dictionary.com. (2014). Retrieved from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/database Booking.com. (1996-2014). Retrieved from http://www.booking.com/index.en-us.html?sid=e85435b888a8b32129692103d9a3f77f;dcid= Valacich, J.F., Hoffer, G., & Hoffer, J. (2012). Essentials of Systems Analysis and Design [University of Phoenix Custom Edition eBook]. : Pearson Education Limited. Retrieved from University of Phoenix, CMGT/555 website.