Database Reference
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Data model
The following table makes understanding the data model easier. In RDBMS, a table is or-
ganized into rows and columns, but in DynamoDB we will never use these two words (ex-
cept in this paragraph). Even if it is used mistakenly, please understand that rows are called
items and columns are called attributes in DynamoDB, as shown in the following table:
Having said that, let's go and look at realizing a table in DynamoDB. Throughout this
topic, we are going to use a common illustration. The common illustration is that of a lib-
rary catalogue, and we are going to discuss examples related to it. Let's take a look at the
library catalogue table:
