Re: Relational vs network vs hierarchic databases
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:47:18 -0500
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"Dawn M. Wolthuis" <dwolt_at_tincat-group.comREMOVE> wrote in message
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> Agreed. I'm interested in the interface between the machine and the
person
> being useful and easy to use for the person. The machine itself can think
> like a machine, and the person can adapt to think more like a machine, but
> to minimize errors we can present a user interface that is as intuitive
for
> the human as feasible. So, if relations are something the computer likes
> for implementing an organization chart, that's fine, but does the person
> interacting with the computer (the IT professional modeling the data) need
> to think like the computer?
The interface between the machine and the person has relatively little to do with the design of the database or the internals of the DBMS. Received on Thu Nov 18 2004 - 20:47:18 CET