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Usually we put "properties" as column headers while rows represent entities whose those properties are assigned or recorded. It would be interesting to underst
by notorandit 2y ago
Usually we put "properties" as column headers while rows represent entities whose those properties are assigned or recorded.
It would be interesting to understand why it's not been the other way around or whether Sumerians used both orientations.
- HappMacDonald 2y agoI'd imagine it's down to our convention of writing left to right, so more-related data points (such as properties of the same item) get arranged left to right. A quick test to that hypothesis (which I'm too lazy to try to perform but offer to anyone who might be interested in looking or who might already know) would be looking at ancient Chinese table layouts. :)