Re: object algebra

> > XDb1's solution is normalized down to each symbol, 
> > but this is impractical with RDM.
> 
> Normalized down to each symbol? That makes absolutely no sense at all. 

Shown below is roughly how to do it in RDM, I use "->X" syntax, instead of IDs to make it easier to following the referential links.

T_Person
Name, Age
->john, ->28

T_CompositeSymbol
AtmSym1, AtmSym2, AtmSym3, ...
->j, ->o, ->h, ->n
->j, ->o, ->e
->2, ->8

T_AtomicSymbol
a
b
c
...

for more info, see www.xdb1.com/Basic/Symbol.asp and www.xdb1.com/Example/Ex002.asp

> How is that different from no normalization at all?

It is exactly the opposite of no normalization. It is near complete normalization. Received on Fri Feb 27 2004 - 04:51:12 CET