Granularity

Helicopter view of Graph Networks in DBMS

Table of Contents Introduction The new brave age of hyperlinked data Technical questions for hyperlinking data Physical Layer Logical Layer Conceptual layer By reference vs. by value Cross-References Introduction Normally IT people including architects, engineers, scientists and developers are forced to think a particular implementation of an application or a business solution in terms of the query language. Generally speaking most often it is the specific technology and infrastructure behind the scene that dictates how things should be done.

About data granularity

Table of Contents Introduction Information Conceptual, computational semiotics framework Push forward Cross-References Introduction In computer science there are many things we take for granted like the fundamental digital representation of anything with 1s and 0s. It’s often too easy to forget that when you have dived deep into the virtual realm of a computer the only thing you get is a mere representation of abstract concepts. This is our data and because they live in a machine and its peripherals they always have structure no matter how you interpret them.

Back to the roots, Relational Data Model

Important design and implementation principle arising from studying relational data model theory

Are our old data model standards out of shape ?

Both Topic Maps and RDF/OWL exhibit signs of aging. These signs do not indicate maturity levels but on the contrary they signal a re-examination of the data modeling, information representation problem