Re: Modeling Data for XML instead of SQL-DBMS
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 22:35:12 +0100
Message-ID: <45451e8e$0$326$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>
dawn wrote:
> mAsterdam wrote:
>> Imagine discussing a weekly report:
>> Q: How many candybars did we sell?
>> A1: It is under sales, candybars: 504
>> A2: It is on page 4, line 6: 504
>>
>> Both feel like navigating and pointing,
>> both give the answer, but there is a difference.
>> A1 is valid whatever media we are using.
>> Not A2. A2 is implementation dependent.
>> Not hardware dependent, but implementation
>> dependent nevertheless.
>>
>> The hardware answer A3 would be: At .254
>> millimeters from the start of the report, 5 cm
>> from the top, 12 to the right on the flip side
>> there are some ink-spots in the shape of 504.
>> But first the question would require some serious
>> translation.
>>
>> Good to have A3 gone, no?
>> Now lets get back to getting A2 out.
> OK, I understand this question.
It is not a question. It is an illustration of grades of implementation dependency.
> ... I'm on the road for the coming week, and have appreciated the > dialog as it will help me figure out what I'm trying to ask and say in > a language that works for people starting in a different place than I.
Remember you promised to rephrase the original question. What is wrong with the OP is not just about differences in terminology or coming from another place; it is more basic. There are (some underlying, some obvious) assumptions which are false. When these were brought to your attention earlier, and in this thread, you said you understand.
Sometimes you do, but sometimes - as soon as in the next post - you get back to the same, false assumption. Your IMO wrong understanding of the role of links is amazingly persistent. Please take your week to try to crunch it, and show that you did later on.
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