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At 07:53 PM 8/26/2003, dbexlist wrote: >I mean database in the academic sense, as defined by Knuth and by Codd, as >a set of data with specific characteristics not the least of which is n-tuples. I don't think academics associate Knuth with any definition of databases. I believe you are referring to Codd's definition of the relational model, and I would be surprised if Codd ever said that a database using a different model can not be called a database. Textbooks used to teach undergrads about databases generally discuss several different database models, not just the relational one. These days, they may contain a section on XML databases. But by your definition, only a relational database is a database. >I think most people here mean a data group when they use the word database. Most people here are not using your terminology. Jonathan
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