On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:41 AM, Christopher Sean Morrison <brl...@mac.com> wrote: > My gut says the emphasis should remain on the web interface usability, so > it'll be important to make sure you capture common data needs. > Yeah I am gradually grasping your point better. We need a pleasant and easy > to work with interface which can cater for the necessary requirements > initially.
>> I intended to ask you about >> the desired number of traits of materials(20 40 or even more) because >> that would help in deciding about the initial layout of database >> schema like whether it would be beneficial to continue with the >> existing schema or should we better start afresh? > > > You must demonstrate strong rationale for starting fresh. That amounts to > designing a new schema and being able to explain in detail how and why it's > better. I have thoroughly studied the existing database schema which is absolutely fine so far its approach is concerned. I feel it just needs adding foreign keys across tables (wherever necessary) so as to keep the data consistent and connected. If you want to propose going that route, that's fine but know that > you'll need to have that sorted out long before coding begins. Yeah that is fine either. So for your > proposal, you are proposing work that amounts to simply using whatever > schema that is decided At present Absolutely! -- Thanks Albert www.coderalbert.wordpress.com "If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time." -- Steve Jobs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn Graph Databases - Download FREE O'Reilly Book "Graph Databases" is the definitive new guide to graph databases and their applications. Written by three acclaimed leaders in the field, this first edition is now available. Download your free book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/13534_NeoTech _______________________________________________ BRL-CAD Developer mailing list brlcad-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/brlcad-devel
