Re: citations of nature

"Anith Sen" <anith_at_bizdatasolutions.com> wrote in message news:2voKb.11137$6B.2988_at_newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net...
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> > > > > > "Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.com> wrote in message
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> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The definition I'm currently using is:
> > > > > > > Database: Retrievable data encoded on a persistent storage
> device
> > > > > combined
> > > > > > > with metadata - information about that data.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think that too much thinking these days goes into the
> > "persistence"
> > > > > part.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sheesh! What nonsense! Compare the complex jargon above with
> Darwen's
> > > > > observation that "A database is a set of facts."
> > > >
> > > > So what is a "fact"?
> > > > An element of data?
> > > >
> > > > How might this definition deal with program objects
> > > > (such as stored procedures) in the database?
> > > >
> > > You may want to read through the following, to get an idea of what a
> > > database is.
> > > http://www.dbpd.com/vault/9807date.htm
> >
> > You might also want to suggest he open a dictionary. He will find a
> suitable
> > definition of "fact" there.
> >
> >
> Ditto. And, on the contrary, people seem to "grasp" terms like
persistence,
> paradigm etc in no time!

Dont forget to include the term "semantics"!

Pete Brown
Falls Creek
Oz Received on Tue Jan 06 2004 - 12:44:01 CET