Re: database systems and organizational intelligence

On Tue, 25 May 2004 10:42:27 GMT, "mountain man" <hobbit_at_southern_seaweed.com.op> wrote:

>What does "What not How" say about the application software layer
>surrounding the database?

That it should be implemented using a declarative approach.

>How many chapters are devoted to the
>generalised theory of the relationship between the applications layer
>and the RDBMS layer?

There is not a lot of theory about declarative presentation rules.

>It is the emergent dynamic over and above the sum of the parts.
>http://www.mountainman.com.au/software/Theory_of_Organizational_Intelligence.htm

It seems you confuse the code with the rules implemented by the code.

It is very weird to call "organizational intelligence" to the code.

It would have a lot more sense if you call "organizational intelligence" to the sum of business rules and presentation rules.

Code is simply a way to implement rules, but there are other ways. You can build and Information System without code.

We can represent the presentation rules in the database. It is not a new idea.

Regards
  Alfredo Received on Tue May 25 2004 - 16:05:03 CEST