Re: A Normalization Question
From: Jan Hidders <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 20:29:00 GMT
Message-ID: <gu_Ec.171583$073.8609844_at_phobos.telenet-ops.be>
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> With respect to dbs, normalization is the process of eliminating or
> replacing duplicate things with a reference to the original thing
> being represented.
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 20:29:00 GMT
Message-ID: <gu_Ec.171583$073.8609844_at_phobos.telenet-ops.be>
Neo wrote:
>>The real problem here is that Neo has conflated the concepts of duplication >>and redundancy.
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> With respect to dbs, normalization is the process of eliminating or
> replacing duplicate things with a reference to the original thing
> being represented.
Not things, *facts*! Normalization is about preventing that a certain fact is being represented in more than one way. That's why having several copies of the string "Brown" is not redundancy.
- Jan Hidders