Path: news.easynews.com!core-easynews!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!cyclone1.gnilink.net!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi_feed4!attbi.com!sccrnsc04.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Marshall Spight" Newsgroups: comp.databases.theory References: <17ce58cf.0304240518.34ebfe22@posting.google.com> <4b45d3ad.0305011418.10e979cc@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Do Data Models Need to built on a Mathematical Concept? Lines: 22 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.236.48.146 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: sccrnsc04 1052149289 12.236.48.146 (Mon, 05 May 2003 15:41:29 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 15:41:29 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 15:41:29 GMT Xref: core-easynews comp.databases.theory:26172 X-Received-Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 08:41:03 MST (news.easynews.com) "Alfredo Novoa" wrote in message news:e4330f45.0305050205.4e189826@posting.google.com... > neo55592@hotmail.com (Neo) wrote in message news:<4b45d3ad.0305011418.10e979cc@posting.google.com>... > > > > Do Data Models Need to built on a Mathematical Concept? > > > > What is the difference between a mathematical concept and non-mathematical concept? > > "Mathematical, a. [See Mathematic.] Of or pertaining to mathematics; > according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, > mathematical geography; mathematical instruments; mathematical > exactness. --" If I may, I'd like to pull just a single word from this definition and highlight it, because I believe that this single word can capture the essence of the answer to the original question. That word is "accurate." Marshall