I'll add one more:
c) If you don't understand your data, nothing you do will make sense.
Jim
At 2014-03-31 16:29, Michael Kay wrote:
>On 31 Mar 2014, at 20:00, Costello, Roger L. <> wrote:
>
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > Long ago Michael Kay said something like this:
> >
> > Data is primary.
> >
>
>I've no idea what the context was, but I think there are probably
>two ways I would expand the statement:
>
>(a) Data lasts longer than programs and has more value. Therefore
>don't lock your data into proprietary formats that won't survive the
>software used to create them.
>
>(b) In designing a software system, the core piece of design that
>you need to get right is the data model.
>
>Michael Kay
>Saxonica
>
>
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