<s>
Merise	B-General_Concept
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
general-purpose	B-General_Concept
modeling	I-General_Concept
methodology	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
information	O
systems	O
development	O
,	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
and	O
project	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Merise	B-General_Concept
proceeds	O
to	O
separate	O
treatment	O
of	O
data	O
and	O
processes	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
data-oriented	O
view	O
is	O
modelled	O
in	O
three	O
stages	O
,	O
from	O
conceptual	O
,	O
logical	O
through	O
to	O
physical	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
method	O
of	O
analysis	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
entity-relationship	B-Architecture
model	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
using	O
Merise	B-General_Concept
,	O
you	O
can	O
design	O
tables	O
with	O
relations	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
relational	O
database	O
.	O
</s>
