Re: The naive test for equality

vc wrote:
> dawn wrote:
> > VC wrote:
> > > "dawn" <dawnwolthuis_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> You are quite right that names are just words without any specific
> meaning [in the modelling context]. That's why it's necessary to
> identify the actual entities (attributes, relations, etc) first and
> then give them names. That's what, among other things, modelling is
> about, no ?
> >

Yup, I'm with you -- I thought that we were discussing the other direction: interpretation. The database has values and metadata, perhaps for years, and then there is disagreement on the interpretation. That is exceedingly common. I think your point was that if there is such misinterpretation during the analysis/design phases, then the work isn't yet done and I agree. Cheers! --dawn Received on Mon Aug 15 2005 - 02:12:30 CEST