"Access Path Dependence" continues to plague our computers because they are a built-in assumption of file systems.
This is really showing its age. I want my computer to think in terms of what data is, where it came from, any other metadata I received it with, and any metadata I've added, notably, but not primarily, the various "places" I've put it.
The fact that I can't retrieve the URL I downloaded anything from, years later, no mater how many times I've moved it, is just shameful. It's cheap information our tools could be preserving but aren't.
So if you ask me what I think of the relational model, I'll tell you: it's a good idea and we should try it.
This is really showing its age. I want my computer to think in terms of what data is, where it came from, any other metadata I received it with, and any metadata I've added, notably, but not primarily, the various "places" I've put it.
The fact that I can't retrieve the URL I downloaded anything from, years later, no mater how many times I've moved it, is just shameful. It's cheap information our tools could be preserving but aren't.
So if you ask me what I think of the relational model, I'll tell you: it's a good idea and we should try it.