From: JRStern@gte.net (JRStern)
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Subject: Re: URL domain (too much SODA)
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On Fri, 04 May 2001 23:37:50 GMT, Vadim Tropashko
<nospam@newsranger.com> wrote:
>One of the issues related to URL in the database is that if I take C.Date's
>position not to store references in the database literally, then I probably
>don't want to store URL's -- aren't URLs references after all?

I think not.

The name John Smith is after all a reference, too.

The "reference" prohibition is to other entities within the database,
by reference (ie, physical or logical address) rather than by value.

J.