> > "Having several copies" (ie 'brown', 'brown', 'brown') is redundant.
>
> a tuple that contained ('brown', 'brown', 'brown')
> would be representing three independent, distinct facts,
> therefore it would not be redundant.
Although each cell of the tuple represents a different thing (ie
fact), they are all named by the same thing (ie string 'brown'). The
string 'brown' is redundant. Because RM is a limited data model, it is
hard to see this fact. It is more obvious in XDb1/TDM.
Received on Tue Jul 06 2004 - 22:32:12 CDT
