I face the following problem.
我面临以下问题。
I'm creating a database for (say) human beings' info. All the human beings may be classified in one of the three categories: adult female, adult male, child. It is clear that the parameters like "height" and "weight" are applicable to all of the categories. The parameter "number of children" is applicable only to adults, while the parameter "number of pregnancies" is applicable to females only. Also, each parameter may be classified as mandatory or optional depending on the category (for example, for adults the parameter "number of ex-partners" is optional).I'm