ATTRIBUTES An attribute describes the property of an entity and it is represented as Oval in an ER diagram. Types of attributes: Simple, Composite, single-valued, multi-valued, derived and key attribute. Example (Hospital Management System): Patient: Patient ID (Key), Name ( Composite having F_Name, M_Name, L_Name) , Sex, Address (Composite having Street, City, Country, State), Patient Details ( Composite having date of admission , date of discharge) , Contact No. ( Multivalued Attribute), Age ( Derived), DOB. Medicine : Price , Quantity, Code Rooms : Room_ID (Key), Time period , Room type (Multivalued Attribute) Employee : Employee_ID(Key), Sex, Name ( Composite having F_Name, M_Name, L_Name), Employee address (Composite having Street, City, Country, State), Salary ,History , Contact no (Multivalued Attribute), Email_ID (Multivalued Attribute) Record : Appointment, Patient_ID, Description, Record no (Key) 11/24/2021 Hospital management system. 6