1NF is the First normal form, which provides the minimum set of requirements for normalizing a relational database. A table that complies with 1NF assures that it actually represents a relation (i.e. it does not contain any records that are repeating), but there is no universally accepted definition for 1NF. One important property is that a table that comply with 1NF could not contain any attributes that are relational valued (i.e. all the attributes should have atomic values).