Question

Every sample I come across has the entities and properties in the storage model named exactly the same as in the conceptual model. So in the mapping section, I can’t tell whether an entity or property is from the storage model or conceptual model.

This is a snippet of an Entity Framework diagram. Which “ID” fields are from the database and which are from the entities?

<AssociationSetMapping Name="FK_Orders_Customers" TypeName="ContosoModel.FK_Orders_Customers" StoreEntitySet="Order"> 
  <EndProperty Name="Customer">
    <ScalarProperty Name="ID" ColumnName="CustomerID" />
  </EndProperty>
  <EndProperty Name="Order">
    <ScalarProperty Name="ID" ColumnName="ID" />
  </EndProperty>
</AssociationSetMapping>

Answer 1

Well only databases have Columns, so ColumnName is the Database Name.
Name is from the Entity (or in this case the Association).

Hope this helps
Alex