Re: database systems and organizational intelligence
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 10:42:28 GMT
Message-ID: <oqFsc.9762$L.8439_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
"Alan" <alan_at_erols.com> wrote in message
news:2hedclFc19tmU1_at_uni-berlin.de...
> "The essence of the theory..."? That is a rather broad statement. But
> anyway, it works like this:
>
> 1. Raw facts that have an implicit meaning are identified in the "real
> world" (business needs, e.g.) and stored in the database. This is called
> data.
> 2. The data was organized properly by having applied normalization rules.
> 3. Once this is done, the data can be turned into information by applying
> appropriate queries.
>
> It is _all_ part of the "essence of the theory". You (I don't necessarily
> mean _you_, personally) can't factor out just the part you want to
mentally
> masturbate to. Unless you need to for a thesis, at which time you take
> obvious, common sense knowledge, apply polysyllabic (if possible Greek,
> Latin, or mathematical, or certainly at least pseudo-technical) terms to
it,
> cast some unitelligible title of at least 15 words to it (again, using the
> polysyllabic), and then defend it against professionals who have mastered
> the art of the arcane and nonsensical. Once they are sufficiently confused
> by it, and so can no longer argue with you about it, you are welcomed to
the
> circle. You then get to travel around presenting your work at conferences
in
> interesting locations all over the world, where you and the others in the
> circle take turns being confused while pretending to understand. But I
> digress.
>
> In short, while this newsgroup is about theory, it doesn't mean you have
to
> have one of your own.
>
>
>
>
> "mountain man" <hobbit_at_southern_seaweed.com.op> wrote in message
> news:Diwrc.1887$L.919_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > We define the concept of organizational intelligence as the dynamic
> > sum of all levels of code associated with an organization's database
> > system, in addition to the data and the data structure.
> >
> > We then make the claim that in the final analysis it is in fact the
> > management of organizational intelligence, rather than the data,
> > that is the essence of the theory of database systems
> > management.
> >
> > Is this claim reasonable?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Pete Brown
> > Falls Creek
> > Oz
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Tue May 25 2004 - 12:42:28 CEST