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> Sean McGrath > Things get more interesting when you look at de-normalized > tables, when you "un-flatten" the model you create for RDB work. I suspect > when you do that, you get closer to a power law distribution. Yes, my structured data XML is about as close to power law as your document XML. > Being an insufferable doc-head, I would of course argue that > this points to documents - not inter-twingled tables - being the true Tao of > information:-) No, if anything the power law is an indication of the use of the 'structure denotes containment' idiom, which is in common use in both data and document domains. Pete ******************************************************************** This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. You should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person. ********************************************************************
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