Re: Modelling Considered Harmful
From: Paul <paul_at_test.com>
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 15:47:08 +0100
Message-ID: <427e266c$0$2419$ed2619ec_at_ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>
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> To the user of the data, yes, a model (if the database is any good).
> To the DBMS it's meaningless signs to be cleverly kept - no model.
Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 15:47:08 +0100
Message-ID: <427e266c$0$2419$ed2619ec_at_ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>
mAsterdam wrote:
>> I agree that what we commonly refer to as "data modelling" is all about >> metadata, but I still think data itself is also about modelling.
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> To the user of the data, yes, a model (if the database is any good).
> To the DBMS it's meaningless signs to be cleverly kept - no model.
OK I see what you're saying. Kind of like the database is just a "representation" of a model, rather than the model itself? Like Magritte and his "ceci n'est pas une pipe" again?
But isn't the meta data also to the DBMS just "meaningless signs to be cleverly kept" as well?
Paul. Received on Sun May 08 2005 - 16:47:08 CEST