From: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
To: Robert B. Easter <reaster@comptechnews.com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Cc: Postgres Documentation List <docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Database Management/Design terms, glossary of
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 05:31:22 +0000
Message-ID: <391A45AA.51A27E87@alumni.caltech.edu> (raw)
References: <200005110327.XAA11601@candle.pha.pa.us>
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> I'm studying database management on my own with a college text book, and along
> the way, I've been writing an html file using <dl> to create a definition list
> of terms from the book with my own elaborated explanations that breakdown the
> terseness. I am making examples, and procedures for some things, having to
> do with normal forms and other things.
> If a glossary of database design/management terms can fit into any of the
> PostgreSQL documentation, I'd be happy to offer it. What I have so far is at:
> http://www.comptechnews.com/~reaster/dbdesign.html
That would be a very nice addition to the docs. To incorporate the
info into the main docs we would simple modify the markup to
SGML/DocBook, then automatically format into hardcopy and html.
Please consider submitting it when you think it is ready. You might
also solicit contributions from others, to help share the load.
Regards.
- Thomas
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Thomas Lockhart lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu
South Pasadena, California
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