Re: Are "good enough" standards ok?

From: Bernhard Eversberg <ev_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:17:46 +0200
To: NGC4LIB_at_listserv.nd.edu
Mike Rylander wrote:

>> > This is just not true.  Lets take the MARC standard.  Each field
>> > has a one to many relationship with its subfields.  In a relational
>> > database this *could be* modeled with two tables.
>> Yes, it "could". Again, this must in many cases be ruled out because
>> of inefficiency and the sheer bulk of the tables you end up with.
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> I see 3 tables there: record, tag and subfield.
>
Did you try? And get something useful?

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>> > Again, a relational database can contain keyword indexes either
>> > through full text indexing a column or using appropriate business
>> > logic and/or a stored procedures to shred the information and
>> > store the data in a table.
>> >
>> Again, who does it, and why not?
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> Evergreen, for one.  :)
>
Where can I see it?

B. Eversberg
Received on Thu Jun 22 2006 - 06:44:01 EDT