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Typographical Conventions

The following table describes the typographical conventions used in this guide to identify key terms:

Text Item

Convention

Example

Entity Name

All uppercase, followed by the word "entity" in lowercase

MOVIE COPY entity

Attribute Name

All lowercase in quotation marks

"movie name"

Column Name

All lowercase

movie_name

Table Name

All uppercase

MOVIE_COPY

Verb Phrase

All lowercase in angle brackets

<is available for rental as>