Re: Definitions of Software and Database
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 03:06:19 GMT
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"dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message news:1138989946.721222.245490_at_g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> my question is: What is
> a precise definition for the term "software" when used in the phrase
> "software developer" and (how) does software relate to databases?
Data and software are like ying and yang: one is totally useless without the other and it is pointless developing a theory of one without sufficient scope to include the other.
Stored procedures written in SQL and stored in a database must certainly satisfy the condition of being "software".
Under the current standard RM which is a data-centric model of 30 years ago, there exists no relationship whatsoever between software and data.
We suggest that theory needs to be evolved otherwise: http://www.mountainman.com.au/software/Theory_of_Organizational_Intelligence.htm
-- Pete Brown www.mountainman.com.auReceived on Tue Feb 14 2006 - 04:06:19 CET