Database Definition Tests

In the spirit of practical science, let's test various DatabaseDefinition against these candidates for "database" or DBMS:

Candidate Definition Abbreviations:

• AMP - TopMind's "Attribute manager/processor common idioms" definition
• RF - DatabaseIsRepresenterOfFacts

Array

• Integer Indexed
  • AMP: No - covers insufficient idioms
• Associative
  • AMP: No - covers insufficient idioms

Persistent Array

• Integer Indexed
  • AMP: No - covers insufficient idioms
• Associative
  • AMP: No - covers insufficient idioms

File System

• AMP: No - Does not primarily deal with "attributes", but rather documents and binary blobs.

Windows Registry

• AMP: Borderline - covers insufficient common idioms

LDAP

• AMP: Yes

Text Indexing Engine (such as Google)

• AMP: No - Does not primarily deal with "attributes", but rather documents.

Expert System

• AMP: No - Expressions are not "attributes". Otherwise, they'd call them "expert bases".

The Cyc AI engine

• AMP: No - Expressions are not "attributes"

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See Also: DatabaseDefinition, DatabaseIsRepresenterOfFacts