15. Logical Data Independence
• Changes in the conceptual model do not affect the external
model
• Immunity of external level from changes at conceptual level
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16. Type of Changes
• Adding a new file
• Adding a new field in a file
• Changing type/ size
• Deleting an attribute
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17. Physical Data Independence
• Changes in the internal model do not affect the conceptual
model
• Immunity of Conceptual level from changes at Internal level
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18. Changes Examples
• Changing file organization
• Index implementation, hash, tree etc.
• Changing storage medium
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19. 3-Level Architecture
External Level
Conceptual Level
Internal Level
Physical Data
Organization
Ext/Con Mapping
View 1 View n
Conceptual
Schema
Internal
Schema
Database
User 1 User n
Con/Int Mapping
Conceptual Data Ind
Physical
Data Ind