Re: A Normalization Question
From: Jan Hidders <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be>
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:08:17 GMT
Message-ID: <59kFc.172682$eN6.8464521_at_phobos.telenet-ops.be>
>>Not things, *facts*! Normalization is about preventing that a certain
>>fact is being represented in more than one way. That's why having
>>several copies of the string "Brown" is not redundancy.
>
> But *facts* are *things* ! :-)
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2004 21:08:17 GMT
Message-ID: <59kFc.172682$eN6.8464521_at_phobos.telenet-ops.be>
x wrote:
> "Jan Hidders" <jan.hidders_at_REMOVETHIS.pandora.be> wrote in message > news:gu_Ec.171583$073.8609844_at_phobos.telenet-ops.be...
>>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.
>
> But *facts* are *things* ! :-)
Yes, but not all things are facts. :-)
- Jan Hidders