> unique IDs to ensure a *high-quality* cannot be achieved. How should the ID > be calculated?
The ID is simply given and maintained by the database facility. In relational database theory, I believe that to have unique IDs is axiomatic. I am not sure that it's possible to have relational databases that work without unique IDs. This ID would guarantee the internal consistency of the database. To have something like external consistency, we sould need a service akin to URI or DOI conventions. The way I envision it, we could completely kill off duplicates by first insuring that we have the proper metadata and the correct gamescore. Then, as soon as a game is sufficiently similar to thess corrected data, we simply would delete this game and replace it with the sanitized data. That hundreds of thousands chessplayers hand-pick and correct chess scores and chess metadata by hand is beyond me. It also runs against every principles on which is based archiving. In fact, that we can't yet download a sanitized database for Scid is still beyond me. More on that has been already told. Search for CentriScid in the archives. *** That said, I know that I am speaking from a theorical standpoint. I absolutely have no idea if that's possible in practice, considering the meager resources we have for now and the way to "hunt and gather" chess games is deeply rooted in chess culture. So please bear in mind that I am in no way asking anyone to do anithing here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standardize their database environment, and, should the need arise, upgrade to a full multi-node Oracle RAC database without downtime or disruption http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
