Index_D

D

DAG. See directed acyclic graph

DAML. See DARPA agent markup language (DAML), 267

DAML+OIL, 340

DARPA agent markup language (DAML), 267, 300, 340

DARPA. See Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

data definition language (DDL), 89, 91, 175, 341

data describes itself, 211

data dictionaries, 88, 89

data elements in data modeling, 72-74

data entry, 26

data hiding, 72, 82

data manipulation language (DML), 89, 91, 343

data mining, 133, 172-175

data modeling, 236, 293-294

data and object modeling, 4, 65-86

data elements, 72-74

cyclomatic complexity, 72-73

data hiding, 72

module size, 72

naming conventions, 73-74

database and document differences, 65-69

ability to be used by programs, 69

hybrids between documents and databases, 69

timing of semantic interpretation, 68

models of data, 76-82

logical (entity relationship) modeling, 78-79, 80

physical modeling, 79, 81-82

semantic model, 77-78

multiple accessors, 74-76

consistency, 75-76

shifting semantic evaluation into the database, 75

system testing, 75

object modeling, 82-86

inheritance, 83-84

inheritance limits, 85-86

object modeling, 82-83

object-based systems, 83

polymorphism, 84-85

reuse, 85

semantics in database applications, 69-71

data profiling, 172-175

data profiling software, 173

data warehouses, 3

database, 341

database do-it-yourself options, 190-192

database and document differences, 65-69

dates, 174

Davis, Dan, and Parashar, Manish, "Latency Performance of SOAP Implementations," 251

DCD. See document content description

DCOM, 243, 298, 341

DDL. See data definition language

De Roo, Jos, 269

"Decade's Trends, The," 224

declarative, 341

declarative approach, 140

decomposition, functional, 341

decoupting, 341

deduction, 341

default, 341

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), 263, 341

DARPA agent markup language (DAML), 267, 341

definition, 342

delegation, 342

delimiters, 71, 342

dependency, 342

deployment, 342

derived information, 142

Descartes, Rene, 6

descriptive approaches, 4

descriptive models, 76

design by contract, 342

design time, 249, 342

design-time searching, 255-256

developers, 342

dialect, 43, 343

dialects of extensible markup language (XML), 217-220

DIBOL, 73

dictionaries, 189-190, 292, 343

Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms (Downs and Goodman), 60

differential diagnosis (rule in/rule out), 55, 60

Digital Computers, 73

Dijkstra, Edger, "Go to Statement Considered Harmful," 73

dimension, 343

direct connect, 231

directed, 343

directed acyclic graph (DAG), 340

directed graph, 343

disambiguate, 343

dispatch, 343

distinction, 343

distinctionary, 184-185

divine creator, 9

DML. See data manipulation language

DMOZ (Open Directory Project), 120, 344

DNS (Domain Name Server), 344

Doctorow, Cory, "Metacrap: Putting the Torch to Seven Straw-men of the Meta-utopia," 271

document, 344

document content description (DCD), 215

document and database differences, 65-69

document interpretation, 117-123

document management systems, 192-193

document object model (DOM), 191, 344

document type, 119

document-style API, 246-247

document-type definition (DTD), 214, 215

document/transaction duality, 211

documentation, 71

DOM. See document object model

domain, 344

Downs, John, and Goodman, Jordan Elliot, Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms, 60

DSD (document structure description), 344

DTD (document-type definition), 215, 298, 344

Dublin Core, 266, 344

dynamic, 344

dynamic categorization, 60-64

see also categorization