Hi :) Maybe he meant the issue about RDBMS vs the other bunch of initials rather than using human-friendly names? It's difficult to know what people mean when they don't follow through in a useful way. Some cultures are very anti-grumbling so maybe he is shy and embarrassed now but may have some really useful points that would help move things forwards. Regards from Tom :)
--- On Wed, 9/5/12, Dan Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dan Lewis <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] I'd like to suggest some improvments to the docs To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 9 May, 2012, 11:49 On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 19:38 -0700, Ken Kloc wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've just recently started learning LibreOffice Base. I have lots of > experience with MS Access and some experience with MySQL. In reading > the beginners manual for Base, I've found the initial terminology and > description of databases to be unclear and/or confusing (and also in > need of some simple structure and flow diagrams). This caused me to > flail around the software for several hours before I started getting > the hang of it. I'd like to make some suggestions on how to fix that so > that new Base users will have an easier time of it. > > Best Regards, > Ken I was hoping by now that you would have listed at lease some of the terminology that gave you difficulties and why. If I remember correctly, the terminology used is based upon what is used in Base. This way what the person reads is what is seen when using Base. Obviously what is needed is a Caution stating that a person acquainted with other database programs should pay close attention to the terminologies used by Base because it may differ from what they have used in the past. I find in my studies that database theory contains a large amount of technical terms that create difficulties for a person who wants to create a simple database for his or her personal use. Examples: relation, schema, tuple, and attribute. --Dan -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
