Re: Property sheet, ad hoc, property page, flexible data

David Cressey wrote:
> "Marshall Spight" <marshall.spight_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> Second, you confuse the role of "data architect" with the role of
> "programmer". There's nothing to say that one person cannot do both roles,
> and do each of them well. But they aren't the same role.

Fair enough.

> And the vast
> majority of programmers I've come in contact with have no knowledge of what
> the data "really means". Their level of interpretation of the data is
> strictly what's necessary in order to determine whether their programs are
> delivering correct results. That's it.

Hmmm. Could you clarify the difference? The two things you describe here seem to me to be the same thing.

> That's not a deep enough understanding of the data and its purpose to make
> data sharing feasible and cost effective among a wide and diverse user
> community.

How so?

> A disturbing trend is this: there are an increasing number of database
> designers that are not fit to be data architects.

I'll buy that!

Marshall Received on Mon Jul 25 2005 - 16:10:53 CEST