From: | Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com> |
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To: | "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Vik Fearing <vik(at)postgresfriends(dot)org> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Karl O(dot) Pinc" <kop(at)karlpinc(dot)com>, pgsql-www(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Describing Postgres as "object-relational" on the home page |
Date: | 2023-12-27 22:21:38 |
Message-ID: | 65d0b719-a0f8-4f82-8bf7-2c99aae510a5@aklaver.com |
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On 12/27/23 13:53, Jonathan S. Katz wrote:
> On 12/26/23 5:40 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 10:49:16PM +0100, Vik Fearing wrote:
>>> On 12/26/23 22:21, Tom Lane wrote:
>>>> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
>>>>> On Tue, Dec 26, 2023 at 01:10:47PM -0600, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
>>>>>> It may be better to just say "relational".
>>>>
>>>>> I guess if I had to name this with no precedence, I would call it
>>>>> relational/extendable, but that seems even worse that what we have.
>>>>
>>>> Call it an "extensible relational database"? I agree that the
>>>> "object" part is out of date and no longer much of a focal point.
>>>
>>> Especially considering we hardly implement any of the object features at
>>> all. We have table inheritance, and that's about it.
>>
>> "extensible relational database" works for me.
>
> Reading [1], I can align with dropping "object-" from the text.
>
> Currently -1 on swapping it with "extensible", given most folks describe
> PostgreSQL as a relational database.
>
> That said, I do personally describe one of PostgreSQL's best attributes
> to be its "extensibility," so I could warm up to incorporating it into
> "official verbiage" in the coming days.
Reading this I got a vision of a cat in a box:) At some point the state
has to resolve. Are you indicating that "extensible relational database"
is acceptable to you?
>
> Jonathan
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object%E2%80%93relational_database
>
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