Re: Resiliency To New Data Requirements

> The most general method of representing things is to use bits.

If this is true, why don't data models (ie hierarchal, relational, etc) mention bits?

> All that remains is the matter of filling in the details. Some of the first details that should be filled in would be a specification of what exactly "generality" means with regards to "representing" "things." Until there *is* such a specification, I assert that the particular task you are trying to solve is unspecified.

Would you consider the relational method of representing things to be more general than the hierarchal method? If so, why? Received on Mon Aug 07 2006 - 03:24:38 CEST