Re: Do Data Models Need to built on a Mathematical Concept?

From: Lauri Pietarinen <lauri.pietarinen_at_atbusiness.com>
Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 02:13:41 +0300
Message-ID: <3EB1AA25.50307@atbusiness.com>

Neo wrote:

>>The Relational Model IS the application of predicate logic and set
>>theory to the data management camp.
>>
>>
>
>IMO, Relational Data Model is but one particullar application of
>predicate logic and set theory. It is possible to create countless
>data models starting with the same set theory.
>

What other models did you have in mind?

> All-in-all, the
>Relational Data Model is one of the best at the present time, but it
>too has its flaws and limitations.
>

What are the flaws and limitations you had in mind?

> Just as Newton's Theories were
>displaced by Quantum Theories, so will the Relational Data Model.
>

It was not exactly displaced, was it? It was just refined...

regards,
Lauri Pietarinen Received on Thu May 01 2003 - 18:13:41 CDT