Re: Testing Various Data Models?

"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.

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> "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 - 03:16:22 CET