Re: more closed-world chatter

Brian Selzer wrote:
...
> I really don't understand what all the confusion is: perhaps it is caused by
> conflating domains with types. A domain is simply a named set of values
> that is specified or enumerated as part of the schema. ...

Says who? (eg. who else?)

... A type, on the other
> hand, describes a class of values, focusing not on set membership, but
> rather on similarities among the values--common properties, if you will.

Says who? (eg. who else?)

Why doesn't a domain have properties?

Is this the pot calling the kettle black? I've no objection to programming terms being conflated with db terms, if that motive is stated.

p Received on Mon May 07 2007 - 22:09:37 CDT