Re: Do Data Models Need to built on a Mathematical Concept?
From: Neo <neo55592_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 5 May 2003 09:03:10 -0700
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Date: 5 May 2003 09:03:10 -0700
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> Anyway, I think the word you are after is RELATIONSHIP, not RELATION.
You maybe right, however etymologically the word relation came before relationship.
> In some sense, Codd would have done better naming the model
> "The Logical Model of Data".
Actually I think the name is apppropriate but the word relational in "relational data model" should mean 'that which is common among things' or similar and not 'a set of tuples'. Received on Mon May 05 2003 - 18:03:10 CEST