Re: In an RDBMS, what does "Data" mean?
From: Dawn M. Wolthuis <dwolt_at_tincat-group.com>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 08:02:55 -0500
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Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 08:02:55 -0500
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> "Anthony W. Youngman" <wol_at_thewolery.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > Okay. So what is "data". Because if we can't anchor that in the real
> > world, we have no way of knowing if, or how strongly, relational theory
> > is relevant (and usable) in the real world.
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> Data:
> ----------
> 1. facts
> 2. encoded information
I'd vote for adding this nice short, crisp definition of data to our glossary. --dawn Received on Fri May 14 2004 - 15:02:55 CEST