Re: citations of nature

From: Dawn M. Wolthuis <dwolt_at_tincat-group.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2004 18:36:55 -0600
Message-ID: <bt7n7f$iq5$1@news.netins.net>

"mountain man" <hobbit_at_southern_seaweed.com.op> wrote in message news:DAIJb.76299$aT.54960_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> "Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.com> wrote in message
> news:bt5num$1ko$1_at_news.netins.net...
> > "mountain man" <hobbit_at_southern_seaweed.com.op> wrote in message
> > news:DlUIb.73073$aT.40705_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
><snip>
>However --- a question ...
>
> Is is satisfactory to consider a general computer database system
> as data storage, updating and retrieval only, or must other features
> be present to satisfy the "basic elements" of such a system from the
> perspective of database theory?
>

Most people would agree that this would not be a DBMS, but many definitions of database (perhaps most) would allow for this.

The definition I'm currently using is:
Database: Retrievable data encoded on a persistent storage device combined with metadata - information about that data.

Perhaps we could say that the rings themselves are the metadata or some such?
--dawn Received on Sat Jan 03 2004 - 18:36:55 CST