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[nycphp-talk] data modelling vs. db design (was: ER Diagram tool for MySQL/OS X)

csnyder chsnyder at gmail.com
Tue Oct 4 15:27:39 EDT 2005


On 10/4/05, Phil Duffy <phil at bearingasset.com> wrote:

> BTW, in the world of business objects, even the concept of a User needs to
> be rethought.  I would do away with Users as a fundamental business object
> and replace it with the more generic Person, and identify system Users as a
> subset of the Person universe.  Users then become Persons who play the Role,
> System User, in which additional sets of information are required such as
> username, password, permissions, et cetera.


Preach it, brother!


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Chris Snyder
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