PaleoBank, a relational database for invertebrate paleontology: the data model

Abstract

PaleoBank, a database that is an extension of the long-standing Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, is also intended as a research tool for paleontologists who are not involved in the Treatise project. The logical data model for PaleoBank, which is of the entity-relationship type, is presented in detail in electronic format elsewhere. Several universal resource locators (URLs) are given that refer to relevant electronic documents. The data model comprises four entity-relationship diagrams, entity documentation in both complete and abbreviated forms, a complete description of the relationships in the data model, and details of the relational database design.