Re: citations of nature

"Adrian Kubala" <adrian_at_sixfingeredman.net> wrote in message news:slrnbvm9t1.b6u.adrian_at_sixfingeredman.net...
> mountain man <hobbit_at_southern_seaweed.com.op> schrieb:
> > "Adrian Kubala" <adrian_at_sixfingeredman.net> wrote in message
> > news:slrnbve5k2.ta3.adrian_at_sixfingeredman.net...
> >> mountain man <hobbit_at_southern_seaweed.com.op> schrieb:
> >> > Do primitive databases exist in nature in some form? If so, in what
> >> > form(s)?
> >>
> >> Unless you're talking about the relational model in particular, I think
> >> that whether something is a database or not is purely subjective --
> > There are no general distinguishing features of databases by which
> > they might be discerned?
>
> I don't believe that databasese have any general distinguishing features
> in and of themselves -- calling something a database describes how it
> functions in a context.

Calling something a database asserts it comprises a set of facts. The context is irrelevant. Received on Thu Jan 08 2004 - 04:53:04 CET