Before designing database tables for a civic asset register, what modeling step should come first?
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Short Explanation
You do not pour concrete before you know rooms and doors. For an asset register, name the things and how they relate—assets, locations, work orders—before physical table design.
Full Explanation
Conceptual modeling identifies entities, attributes, and relationships in business terms before physical implementation. Skipping this step produces tables that are hard to align with stewards and consumers. A civic asset register should clarify assets, locations, and work relationships first. Physical design follows once the conceptual picture is stable.