Re: object algebra
Date: 6 Mar 2004 12:37:11 -0800
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> >Practically, normalizing symbols allows TDM/XDb1 to find things (by
> >their name) within the database quickly no matter where they are
> >located.
>
> Are you under the impression that I spend time searching all my tables
> for "john", only to find "john" stored as my ZIP code?
I am under the impression that you are assuming one already knows which tables exist and which table to search for john and zip code.
In XDb1, the querying "X's Y is?" (ie "john smith's zip code is?") finds the appropriate answer even if john was "tabled" in bi-ped, human, animal or all the previous. XDb1 also finds things simply by querying "X?". X could be the name of a person, car, book, state, city, SS#, part#, etc.
When person1 asks person2 about thing3, person1 doesn't typically specify what "table" to search in, yet person2 is able to retrieve it from his brain. By normalizing down to atomic symbols, XDb1 attempts to emulate that type of capability. Received on Sat Mar 06 2004 - 21:37:11 CET