Computer Science · Databases & Data Systems
A topic within Databases & Data Systems, itself one of 13 topics in that field and part of Computer Science.
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William Kent
Explains the normal forms through the single informal principle that every non-key fact should depend on the key, the whole key, and nothing but the key.
link checked 17 Sept 2026E.F. Codd
Introduces third normal form and the general argument for normalisation: that a relation should be decomposed until every non-key attribute depends on the whole key and nothing else.