As you also may have noticed, I’m the organizer of the Data Modeling Meetup Munich and very interested in closing knowledge gaps related to data modeling and data architecture.

Therefore, the following list is intended as a reading list for people who want to get started with or deepen their knowledge about data modeling. And if you’re already very knowledgeable in this area, maybe it motivates you to have a look at one of the classics again ...

British Museum reading room

By Diliff [CC BY-SA], via Wikimedia Commons

General

• Michael Brackett, Data Resource Design (a little abstract at times but with some interesting thoughts about dealing with data in an organization)
• John Carlis, Mastering Data Modeling: A User-Driven Approach (an under-appreciated classic that introduces shapes and The Flow, a structured way of building and improving data models)
• Terry Halpin & Tony Morgan, Information Modeling and Relational Databases (thorough introduction from an ORM perspective)
• Steve Hoberman, Data Modeling Made Simple: A Practical Guide for Business and IT Professionals (very good introduction to data modeling; there are also some more tool-specific books by the same author)
• William Kent, Data and Reality: A Timeless Perspective on Perceiving and Managing Information in Our Imprecise World (originally written in the 1970s but still very relevant as a foundational text)
• Graeme Simsion, Data Modeling: Theory and Practice (interesting study about how people approach data modeling and if it is more description or design)
• Graeme Simsion & Graham Witt, Data Modeling Essentials (the classic introduction into data modeling; goes into more depth than its title suggests) 

Curated by our data modeling aficionado, Christian Kaul

• 2020-12-07: Data Modeling Meetup with Hans Hultgren & Remco Broekmans (online)
• 2020-12-07/09: Data Vault Training (CDVDM), Genesee Academy
• 2020-12-16:  The things I wish I knew before I started my first Data Vault Project, UK Data Vault User Group
• 2021-01-20: Data Modeling Meetup with Len Silverston (online)
• 2021-02-02: Data Modeling Meetup with Patrik Lager (online)
• 2021-02-16: Data Modeling Meetup with Mike Magalsky (online)
• 2021-02-15/17: Data Vault Training (CDVDM), Genesee Academy
• 2021-05-19/21: Knowledge Gap data modeling & data architecture conference

Chronos (18th century, probably originally on top of a clock)

Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Curated by our data modeling aficionado, Christian Kaul

• 2020-10-05: Data Modeling Meetup with John Giles (online)
• 2020-10-13/15: Agile Data Warehouse Design with Lawrence Corr
• 2020-10-19/21: Data Vault Training (CDVDM), Genesee Academy
• 2020-11-24: Data Modeling Meetup with Dani Schnider & Andrea Kennel (online, in German)
• 2020-12-07: Data Modeling Meetup with Hans Hultgren & Remco Broekmans (online)
• 2020-12-07/09: Data Vault Training (CDVDM), Genesee Academy
• 2021-01-13: Data Modeling Meetup with Len Silverston (online)
• 2021-05-19/21: Knowledge Gap data modeling & data architecture conference