How about, "Entity: The subject or subjects about which the table is
concerned."
"mAsterdam" <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org> wrote in message
news:40c324a7$0$34762$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl...
> I apologize for the clumsy subject line.
> I'll think of something better when I repost the whole thing.
> I won't change it now for easy threading.
>
> Alan wrote:
>
> > Table: A collection of rows and columns.
> > Row: A collection of attributes.
> > Column: An attribute of an entity.
> > Entity: The subject about which the table is concerned.
> >
> > I know this is slightly reflexive, but as you have already indirectly
> > specified, these terms are best understood as they relate to each other.
You
> > could probably combine the two different takes on this.
>
> I'll try. One problem:
> The implication of the above definitions
> would be that all columns of a table would
> necessarily be attributes
> of *one* entity.
>
>
Received on Sun Jun 06 2004 - 11:43:17 CDT
