Before jumping into designing various features, as discussed previously, it is wise to think about various entities and their relationships. The following table gives an overview of this:
|
Entity Name |
Description |
Relationships |
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Customer |
This is the most important user on the website. Every customer has a unique persistent entity that describes things such as the profile, history of bookings/interactions, payment preferences, and so on. When persisting, this entity has an unique customer ID, which can be used by other entities to refer to a specific customer. |
Many other entities refer to a customer entity via the customer ID attribute (primary key). |
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Seller |
Besides the customer, a seller is the next most important user on the platform. As mentioned, sellers can have varied characteristics. From a software perspective (of the limited requirements... |