Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1deoRP-00014V-OS for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 07 Aug 2017 20:15:56 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1deoRP-00061R-B6 for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 07 Aug 2017 20:15:55 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1deoR0-0004Sk-Gj for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Mon, 07 Aug 2017 20:15:30 +0000 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1deoQt-0003ej-OF for pgsql-docs@postgresql.org; Mon, 07 Aug 2017 20:15:29 +0000 Received: from compute7.internal (compute7.nyi.internal [10.202.2.47]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id EEA8020C28; Mon, 7 Aug 2017 16:15:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1 ([10.202.2.160]) by compute7.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 07 Aug 2017 16:15:22 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-me-sender:x-me-sender:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s= fm1; bh=4yYeNiWXkUMLwFDgpvrwIINGjHSgPkrR28MlWK10qYc=; b=gR7s+a70 TTU+3+wzatqcP8PbUveMVGHfjYuQFf3AKaivOhJswUqmXzWbRR/p7q5/dPkvZwq4 wP7aio/ZcPjHDaG7+q8RXBqvvfCmMuiWO9YPxcHBTuuARtng16Mj9o5/U2SYLmgN lvHrsc8cJrpHdQETRvfaHK4DcGvldO25Tqcszz71tfSn8ToufU7x1B3qqnfESuG/ puXyVhmDMMSk2UBpO/qkBoTRTkFSmxlQcc5e54Be+mmxSuObRXzqbz0ihIIi9WQC VFTUNFI0ctNChgpO40otnH051eLqKjbDm7RpESbYsWRq5sdiKN1ZHkdYPEWdsvgQ WhhAWUmmtuGPNQ== X-ME-Sender: X-Sasl-enc: GhNSTljzqrHiVGbNGuRuJRSYJeHCsuHE3mylxjQxKWBA 1502136922 Received: from april.local (c-73-13-66-39.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [73.13.66.39]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7FA3B7E522; Mon, 7 Aug 2017 16:15:22 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: "data" not "datums" To: mahsh.baheti@gmail.com, pgsql-docs@postgresql.org References: <20170801082240.1457.70904@wrigleys.postgresql.org> From: Peter Eisentraut Organization: 2ndQuadrant Message-ID: <2f3517ca-6750-e72c-2313-1edc2b4578b5@2ndquadrant.com> Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2017 16:15:22 -0400 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.12; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.2.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20170801082240.1457.70904@wrigleys.postgresql.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-docs Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-docs-owner@postgresql.org On 8/1/17 04:22, mahsh.baheti@gmail.com wrote: > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/datatype-json.html > Description: > > In the section > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/datatype-json.html > > Sub-section: > 8.14.2. Designing JSON documents effectively > > Original text: > "but having a predictable structure makes it easier to write queries that > usefully summarize a set of "documents" (datums) in a table." > > Suggested text: > "but having a predictable structure makes it easier to write queries that > usefully summarize a set of "documents" (data) in a table." "datum" means something specific in PostgreSQL, and several of those are most usefully "datums". "data" doesn't really convey the same meaning here. -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs