Re: EDUML v0.5

[Bill Tihen <bill@tasis.ch>]

Hi,

I am not a database guy.  The little "real" programming I've done was much
simpler and much lower level -- if this interupt is active then do that.
So I don't know what kinds of fields to suggest and how one would go about
organizing the data for this kind of intformation.  Does anybody out there
have a handle on this?

>> I was also currious how this database will handle data such as:  was a kid
>> promoted?  How does the data base promote a child, but still retain the
>> full records from the previous years?  So that the child can be tracked for
>
>This can all be done by a well defined database schema.  It
>certainly doesn't make the database simpler but it is possible
>to maintain histories in a database.  The job of the coders
>is more is dfficult but i am certain this history information
>will be one of the most important things that can be kept in 
>a eduational oriented database.