Can I use UML to diagram ERDs?

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Published on 2010-05-07T16:02:46Z Indexed on 2010/05/07 16:08 UTC
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Hi,

1) Can I use UML to diagram ERDs? 2) If answer to 1 is "yes", the use of UML is standardized and widely used for that purpose?

Thanks

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