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RE: Terminology
- To: "'xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com'" <xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com>
- Subject: RE: Terminology
- From: Kay Michael <Michael dot Kay at icl dot com>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 17:24:09 +0100
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
> To take a simple example, the word 'schema' -- I have an understanding of
> what this means in the context of XML, but it clearly also has a more
formal
> meaning, as it can be applied to database design as well. So what's the
> definition of 'schema'?
A schema is essentially a data type, every database / document is an
instance of its schema, and the schema describes the set of all permitted
databases / documents.
> My question is, are there any books or online documents dealing with the
> theory of 'information stuctures'? Some kind of description of the ways
in
> which information may be structured, and the advantages of doing it a
> particular way?
[MHK>] Yes! Though most of the ones I know of are written in the "database"
context rather than the "document" context. Some are very academic /
mathematical / philophical, some more oriented to the practitioner [MHK>]
One of the best in my view, but very hard to get now, is Bill Kent's "Data
and Reality"
Mike Kay
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