Book excerpt: The Software Principles of Design for Data Modeling, written by Debabrata Samanta of Rochester Institute of Technology in Kosovo, offers a practical and comprehensive solution to the challenges of designing effective software architecture for data modeling. This book covers key topics such as gathering requirements, modeling requirements with use cases, testing the system, building entity-relationship models, building class models in UML with patterns of data modeling and software quality attributes, and use case modeling. It also includes case studies of relational and object-relational database schema design. The unique approach of this book lies in its unifying method for designing software architecture for data modeling. It addresses specific design issues for various types of software systems, including object-oriented, client/server, service-oriented, component-based, real-time, and software product line architectures. With its practical guidance, standard method for modeling requirements and analysis, and comprehensive coverage of key topics and case studies, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in designing effective software architecture for data modeling, whether you are an academic scholar or a professional in the field.