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            A Methodology and Tool for Top-down Relational
                           Database Design


                           Naphtali Rishe


                     School of Computer Science
                  Florida International University
                  University Park, Miami, FL 33199


This paper presents a methodology for  logical  design  of  relational
schemas  and integrity constraints using semantic binary schemas. This
is  a  top-down  methodology.   In  this  methodology,  a   conceptual
description  of  an  enterprise  is  designed  using a semantic binary
model.  Then,  this  description  is  converted  into  the  relational
database design.