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Re: Syntacs, Semantics, and the Problem Domain

From: x <x_at_not-exists.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2006 11:01:23 +0200
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"Brian Selzer" <brian_at_selzer-software.com> wrote in message
news:Rg5Rf.516$tN3.81_at_newssvr27.news.prodigy.net...




> "What the data really means" is all semantics: syntax is arbitrary.

> Semantics depend upon the problem domain to provide a frame of reference.

> Syntax is independent of the problem domain.




The syntax of a relation is flat and the semantics is not :-)
Received on Mon Mar 13 2006 - 03:01:23 CST












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