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- From: David Megginson <david@megginson.com>
- To: xml-dev@ic.ac.uk
- Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 06:29:59 -0500 (EST)
Marcelo Cantos writes:
> More important than any specifics, however, is the issue of what you
> call a DBMS. To me, a DBMS is a database management system (seems
> painfully obvious, but I think it bears repeating). You may argue
> that a product is not a DBMS if it does not support feature X [...]
A DBMS is something that manages data *and* passes the ACID test
(Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation and Durability). This isn't a
question of "I want feature X" -- the ACID test is what distinguishes
a DBMS from, say, the Unix file system (which can also manage data).
All the best,
David
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