Re: Topic Maps on SQL

Kacper Nowicki (kacper@odi.com)
Sat, 21 Nov 1998 14:57:01 -0800

>>I am reasonably sure that one can implement topic map
>>functionality in a set of relational tables and SQL queries,
>>and then, as with RDF, export a compliant SGML/XML instance
>>of that information. Do you know of any reason why this
>>would not work?

[...]

>With both database models, however, you still have the column problem,
>though. I doubt the above would be sufficient for real world document
>repositories.

There is this deep feeling in Object Database community, that XML and
dynamic content in general is task for us. XML structures are easily
repersented as objects with links/pointers to other objects and dynamic
collections of their nested objects, attributes, etc.

Kacper

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Kacper Nowicki                                           kacper@odi.com
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Object Design, Inc.                         http://www.objectdesign.com