Re: RM and abstract syntax trees
From: Bob Badour <bbadour_at_pei.sympatico.ca>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:51:16 -0300
Message-ID: <4728966a$0$14853$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
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> I gotta read that "Temporal Data" book, dagnabbit.
> I despair that I am such a slow reader.
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> Ha! We've had that conversation before. And in fact
> after an exuberant conversation or two (ahem)
> you've convinced me that I need to look at
> that more closely.
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> I am reminded of David's "curious notation" thread (was it?)
> from a few months ago. But I'm deferring thinking too hard
> about that for now.
>
> I have this idea of developing a suite of queries to use to test
> out various syntaxes. In addition to SQL-inspired queries,
> I'm interested in culling FOL formulas from logic books.
> Although I notice that, for example, the notation of logic
> is optimized for the case that logicians have, which is
> expressing formulas for no particular domain, whereas
> we developers have an actual domain, with a great deal
> of specificity. I have yet to see a predicate in a logic
> book called "Customers" or "Employees"! :-)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:51:16 -0300
Message-ID: <4728966a$0$14853$9a566e8b_at_news.aliant.net>
Marshall wrote:
> On Oct 30, 5:59 pm, Bob Badour <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote:
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>>Marshall wrote: >> >>>On Oct 30, 10:39 am, Bob Badour <bbad..._at_pei.sympatico.ca> wrote: >> >>>>I would like to see more heavy thinkers thinking about 6NF. >> >>>You've hinted at this idea before. I make no claims about >>>being a heavy thinker, but I've generally found your ideas >>>to be worth pursuing. Do you have any suggestions for >>>what I should be reading, before I start doing any >>>thinking? :-) >> >>I don't know about reading but a good skim of /Temporal Data and the >>Relational Model/ by Date, Darwen and Lorentzos might get some juices >>flowing. And if I recall correctly Fabian may have had a word or two to >>say in /Practical Issues.../ Frankly, I don't know whether anyone else >>has even looked at 6NF. >> >>6NF has apparent utility for temporal data,
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> I gotta read that "Temporal Data" book, dagnabbit.
> I despair that I am such a slow reader.
>
>
>>and I think it seems to have >>utility for partially known data.
>
> Ha! We've had that conversation before. And in fact
> after an exuberant conversation or two (ahem)
> you've convinced me that I need to look at
> that more closely.
>
>
>
>>At the same time, current syntaxes >>seem a little awkward when working with 6NF. The question is: What >>short-hands would facilitate working with 6NF data? What is the >>significance, if any, of those short-hands?
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> I am reminded of David's "curious notation" thread (was it?)
> from a few months ago. But I'm deferring thinking too hard
> about that for now.
>
> I have this idea of developing a suite of queries to use to test
> out various syntaxes. In addition to SQL-inspired queries,
> I'm interested in culling FOL formulas from logic books.
> Although I notice that, for example, the notation of logic
> is optimized for the case that logicians have, which is
> expressing formulas for no particular domain, whereas
> we developers have an actual domain, with a great deal
> of specificity. I have yet to see a predicate in a logic
> book called "Customers" or "Employees"! :-)
Indeed. Apparently, Socrates was neither an employee nor a customer. Received on Wed Oct 31 2007 - 15:51:16 CET