Re: Database design, Keys and some other things

On 27 Sep 2005 19:06:54 -0700, "JOG" <jog_at_cs.nott.ac.uk> wrote:

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>P = { <feature: sky>, <colour: blue>, <period: daytime> }

>The extra information I specified in the previous post however, is
>absolutely not part of this statement about the world. Rather it is

     Of course it is. If nothing else, it is bibliographic, but I would restructure the statement to:

          [Gene's P =] James says that [James's] P.

>metadata about P:
>
>
>M = { <creator: James>, <created: 1127871055>, <statement: P> }

     I am concerned about who makes a statement. When assessing reliability, this is important.

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Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko Received on Wed Sep 28 2005 - 21:03:26 CEST