It's hard to find the right adjective for what's distinct about the relational model.
The relational model is a fantastic model of data independent of application. It can even be a great model for an application using the same data in different ways.
But this approach clearly has a cost. In ways, there's the question - is this an application with a company built around it or a company with a application built around it? Digg and Google are applications with companies built around them. Here the RDMS model doesn't make sense.
The relational model is a fantastic model of data independent of application. It can even be a great model for an application using the same data in different ways.
But this approach clearly has a cost. In ways, there's the question - is this an application with a company built around it or a company with a application built around it? Digg and Google are applications with companies built around them. Here the RDMS model doesn't make sense.