Discussion Groups / ESL Teaching / July 2004

I think probably you can use the word "entity". I remember I learned the
word from a textbook about database design a couple of years ago.

Kejun

As elsewhere, "entity" is a common umbrella term in database design
for table titles.

You might consider, based on the status of your "contacts": "targets",
"members", "competitors", "prospects", or "partners". IOW, go more
micro in your definition of the table.

Or, separate into two tables (use joins where necessary) named
"Organizations" and "People".

Steve

I think you should be, 'contact' is the most descriptive term for a
general use database. A company may have several plants in different
cities and a headquarters somewhere else. A salesperson might have
purchasing agents as contacts at each plant and a vice-president at
corporate headquarters that he corresponds with, all under the same
company name but with different mailing addresses.