Re: the relational model of data objects *and* program objects
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:53:12 GMT
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"erk" <eric.kaun_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Kenneth Downs wrote:
...[trim]...
>> Or, to further rephrase, we are seeking the vocabulary for the
> meta-data
>> that would completely describe both inert data and actions upon data.
>
> Isn't this the realm of semantics?
No.
>> A really nifty database product would implement that enriched
> meta-data.
>
> It would be more than a database product - it would be a model of
> computation.
This is a gem, thanks.
It is a model of the data to which may be added another dimension - that of the processes associated with the instance of that database for that organisation.
A model of computation would have a register of such processes. This register is simply a table in the db.
Pete Brown
Falls Creek
Oz
www.mountainman.com.au
Received on Thu Apr 14 2005 - 10:53:12 CEST