Title: Define entities among elements of significance.
Course: Database Design and Management (Oracle) (10052) > Section: Identifying Business Requirements

Defining entities is an iterative process that requires

- selecting elements of significance by identifying the key objects or concepts tracked by the database (e.g., customers, products, or orders) based on business needs
- naming entities, using a noun (i.e., person, place, thing, event) to represent each entity; an entity will have occurrences, known as instances.