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Data and Reality, by William Kent. A timeless classic on the computational representation of, well, anything and everything. The third and currently only publ
by lukev 2y ago
Data and Reality, by William Kent. A timeless classic on the computational representation of, well, anything and everything.
The third and currently only published edition, published posthumously, insists on adding a bunch of mid-2000s era design conceits based on OO paradigms. An absolute travesty.
- spratzt 2y agoKent’s original book is a masterpiece. He pretty much defined data modelling nearly fifty years ago. It’s depressing how little of real interest has been added since. For the reasons you rightly pointed out, the current edition is a disaster.
- kazinator 2y agoI tried to get through the book, but I was bored out of my mind. Chapter after chapter, it wasn't getting to any coherent point. I seem to remember that I really long initial chunk of the book consisted of presenting a barrage of self-evident problems in the modeling of real world entities in databases, without offering any solutions. There's no shortage of people that will fill your ears with problems, so tuning that kind of talk out after a while could actually be an evolutionary self-defense mechanism.
- rramadass 2y agoThe author's webpage on the book with excerpts for more info. - https://www.bkent.net/Doc/darxrp.htm https://www.bkent.net/Doc/darxrp.htm More of the author's works - https://www.bkent.net/catalogsource.htm https://www.bkent.net/catalogsource.htm