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I disagree, RDF is gaining ground and is getting more popular. In the real world, schema changes are a fact of life and RDF handles it well. RDF also solves the
by dalore 16y ago
I disagree, RDF is gaining ground and is getting more popular. In the real world, schema changes are a fact of life and RDF handles it well. RDF also solves the relationship quandary you mention and even allows database (stores) to be distributed and disparate.
- mjw 16y agoRDF is based on a highly-normalised data model though--everything is broken down into binary relations. This is essentially just a rephrasing of the relational model (modulo a relatively simple translation which adds surrogate keys in order to split up >2-ary relations which aren't normalisable any further, into binary relations)