Data Entity vs Data Attribute
Data entities are the objects of a data model such as customer or address. Entities don't represent any data themselves but are containers for attributes and relationships between objects.Data entities are the properties inside a data entity.Customer Example
A customer might be structured as follows:Entity: CustomerAttributes: Name, TypeRelationships: ContactCustomer is a data entity that provides a container for attributes and relationships. The attributes name and type are text values that represent the data inside the customer. In this example, the customer also includes a relationship to another object for contact information.| Data Entity vs Data Attribute | ||
Data Entity | Data Attribute | |
Definition | An object in a data repository that is a container for data and relationships to other objects. | The properties of a data entity such as text, numbers, dates and binary data. |
