In message <427b2ae2$0$534$ed2619ec_at_ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>, Paul
<paul_at_test.com> writes
>mAsterdam wrote:
>>> The case can also be stated that databases are NOT models of reality.
>>
>> They are not, agreed.
>>
>>> They are rather record-keeping systems.
>>
>> Yep.
>
>I don't understand this point at all. To me it seems almost a tautology
>that databases are models of reality (unless of course they're modelling
>some virtual world that doesn't exist outside the database).
The metadata in the database is a model of reality, and datamodelling
concerns itself with metadata.
--
Bernard Peek
London, UK. DBA, Manager, Trainer & Author.
Received on Sat May 07 2005 - 09:09:13 CDT
