Identifying parent entities

Identifying parent entities

Detecting a potential parent entity in a parent-child / one-to-many relationship.

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Classification

Parent entity
- it is the ONE in the one-to-many relationship

Child entity
- it is the MANY in the one-to-many relationship

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Example

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Method of detection

Child entity
- it contains child nodes pointing to complex types
- its name begins with the name of one of the child nodes pointing to complex types

Parent entity
- it is referenced by a child node of the child entity
- the child node mentioned above is the first child node referencing a complex type