Re: Nearest Common Ancestor Report (XDb1's $1000 Challenge)

On 27 May 2004 10:18:55 -0700, Neo wrote:

>> > C. J. Date states "the purpose of such reduction is
>> > to avoid redundancy" in his chapter titled "Further Normalization..."
>>
>> There is no "general form" of normalization.
>
>If one analyzes the central theme/goal of normalization in RM (and
>that in other data models), it is reasonable to extrapolate that the
>general goal of normalization is eliminating redundancy, just as C.J.
>Date did.
>
>> Items like 'john' and 'o' (as in 'john', 'god', 'neo') are values.
>> Normalization deals with the logical view of data.
>> Normalization is concerned with information or "facts", not storage of values.
>
>The problem with the above is that values are data.

Data. Not facts.

Check what Lee writes: Normalization is concerned with information or "facts".

Facts. Not data.

Best, Hugo

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