\begin{frame} \frametitle{Multivalued Dependencies} \begin{goal}{} The \emph{multivalued dependency (MVD)} \begin{talign} \sql{employee} \mvd \sql{programmingLanguage} \end{talign} means that, for each employee, the \emph{set of values} in column \sql{programmingLanguage} is \emph{independent of all other columns.} \end{goal} \begin{exampleblock}{} \begin{center} \tableKnowledge \end{center} \end{exampleblock} \smallskip\pause The table contains an \emph{embedded function} from the employee to \emph{sets of} programming languages. \end{frame}