Well, I don't know Dawn yet, so I'll make up my own mind as time goes by.
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Mike Nicewarner [TeamSybase]
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"Bob Badour" <bbadour_at_golden.net> wrote in message
news:4_-dnSDZ_J0rXc7dRVn-vA_at_golden.net...
> "Mike Nicewarner" <psyclo_at_nospam_datamodel.org> wrote in message
> news:c2vh8t$aab$1_at_news.netins.net...
> > I've participated in data modeling competitions before, both organizing
> and
> > participating.
> > Realize that data modeling is more of an iterative process than a
concrete
> > science. As the Zippy discussion thread pointed out, just because one
> > modeler would win doesn't necessarily mean that the modeling tool/style
> was
> > inherently better than the others.
> > I'd be curious to hear more about what you are talking about, and I
would
> > love to see your reasoning (not intuition) for stating that the
relational
> > model should be retired.
>
> If you expect reason from Dawn, you will be disappointed.
>
>
> > --
> > Mike Nicewarner [TeamSybase]
> > http://www.datamodel.org
> > mike_at_nospam!datamodel.org
> > Sybase product enhancement requests:
> > http://www.isug.com/cgi-bin/ISUG2/submit_enhancement
> >
> > "Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.com> wrote in message
> > news:c2l1dq$2q3$1_at_news.netins.net...
> > > If we were to find a sponsor for a competition where the winner would
be
> a
> > > named data model and the primary criteria would be related to the cost
> tor
> > > an institution choosing to use that data model (including costs if
there
> > is
> > > a lack of quality or breach of security or difficulty in maintinaing
it,
> > > ...), what should that competition include?
> > >
> > > I would very much like to see such a competition because my intuition,
> > > without sufficient scientifically gathered emperical data, is that the
> > > relational model ought to be retired. I realize there are logical
> > arguments
> > > for doing so, but even my own logical arguments don't prove to me that
> any
> > > other model (particularly those modeled on mathematical graphs or
> > di-graphs)
> > > is any better, only that each has merits and demerits. I would like
> some
> > > real data - how could we collect such?
> > >
> > > Thanks. --dawn
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Sun Mar 14 2004 - 09:20:51 CST
