From: Russ Freeman <russ@...>
Date: 2002-12-16T23:13:19+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] RE: help -- persuade my boss to adopt ruby

> an object model is an *instance* of a data model for a particular
problem. A 
> good data model, represents the data being modeled -- not the data
being 
> modeled for a particular problem.

Interesting one although I disagree. :) I agree that an abstraction can
have many "aspects", if you like, but to say one of them is primordal is
not true.  The data model is just the intersection of what all
applications to date require, nothing more nothing less.  When it comes
to designing an object or data model, rules of nomalisation, etc. still
apply.

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