Bill Clare wrote:
> this must require a considerable rebuilding based on
> architectural fundamentals, rather than just updating
I like Bill's approach--identify the set of abstractions and their operators.
"We are obliged to learn the subject before we can really understand it." [1]
Now that we’ve learned the subject:
•textual (non-binary) data formats;
•open standard data formats;
•data longevity;
•data reuse;
•separation of presentation from content.
It's time to dig in and understand it.
/Roger
[1] "Mathematics and the Physical World" by Morris Kline.
