Re: [xml-dev] Does data represent things besides entities,attributes, an

["Seth Johnson" <seth.johnson@realmeasures.dyndns.org>]

The terms entities, attributes and relationships are categories
relevant to data modeling.  Depending on the purpose, you can
model the passage in question in many ways within the framework of
those categories.

Are there other kinds of things in the world that you want to
capture -- at that level?  Relational modeling has done well
enough with those notions.

Is there some other "level" that's appropriate?  I don't know --
is that where you're coming in?  Is there some reason why these
abstractions can't serve your purposes? 

Seth

-----Original Message-----
From: "Costello, Roger L." <costello@mitre.org>
To: "'xml-dev@lists.xml.org'" <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:02:16 -0400
Subject: [xml-dev] Does data represent things besides entities,
attributes, and relationships?

> 
> On August 28, 2009 Michael Kay wrote:
> 
> > Data represents entities, attributes, and relationships.
>  
> Can every piece of data be categorized as a representation of
> an entity, attribute, or relationship?
> 
> For example, here's a description of a book:
> 
>     In this groundbreaking book, evolutionary
>     biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles
>     racially biased theories of human history by
>     revealing the environmental factors actually
>     responsible for history's broadcast patterns.
> 
> It is data. 
> 
> It doesn't seem to be a representation of either an entity,
> attribute, or relationship.
> 
> Does data represent things besides entities, attributes, and
> relationships?
> 
> /Roger
> 
> 
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