JanMasterson
21 Feb 05, 15:25
Hi guys,
after a "Very educational night" along Rook and HermanH, i'm thinking more and more about "specialized" databases, let's call them "thematics" databases, as they'll be intended to be exhaustive on a determined geographic area (Europe,Pacific,IO), timeline (Cold's war end '89-'91, Lebanon,...) or a fictional background (WWIII, United States of Europe,...).
Why several databases rather than a big one?
Because databases have their technical limitations and an only one database can't be exhaustive without being far bigger than actual limits allow. So, thematics DBs will alow to be exhaustive on platforms thanks to clear spatio-temporal limits.
How can i (player) use differents database?
There's no need to hide us the truth,it will require some files
manipulation. It mean, u'll have to manage ur files with care.
After one or two time, it will becomes natural to everyone to swap files.
It seems nice, how can i launch a such project?
A project like an entire database require some planifications.
Ideally the first phase is consacrated to "technical evaluation",
talking with "Database technician" like TonyE, Brad, etc. to define clearly possibilities.
The second should be the logistical/administrative phase when teams are constituated (DB editors, scen designers, researchers), support site opened (to stock files, share ideas, communicate) and several other tasks that a team should do before anything concrete.
Phase 3 will be the coding phase, when everyone codes (DB, scen).
Phase 4, beta testing, debuging, in one word "validation"
Phase 5, release.
Off course, it's only a basic plan and everyone have his own way of managing a teamwork but, what do u all think about that?
Jan
after a "Very educational night" along Rook and HermanH, i'm thinking more and more about "specialized" databases, let's call them "thematics" databases, as they'll be intended to be exhaustive on a determined geographic area (Europe,Pacific,IO), timeline (Cold's war end '89-'91, Lebanon,...) or a fictional background (WWIII, United States of Europe,...).
Why several databases rather than a big one?
Because databases have their technical limitations and an only one database can't be exhaustive without being far bigger than actual limits allow. So, thematics DBs will alow to be exhaustive on platforms thanks to clear spatio-temporal limits.
How can i (player) use differents database?
There's no need to hide us the truth,it will require some files
manipulation. It mean, u'll have to manage ur files with care.
After one or two time, it will becomes natural to everyone to swap files.
It seems nice, how can i launch a such project?
A project like an entire database require some planifications.
Ideally the first phase is consacrated to "technical evaluation",
talking with "Database technician" like TonyE, Brad, etc. to define clearly possibilities.
The second should be the logistical/administrative phase when teams are constituated (DB editors, scen designers, researchers), support site opened (to stock files, share ideas, communicate) and several other tasks that a team should do before anything concrete.
Phase 3 will be the coding phase, when everyone codes (DB, scen).
Phase 4, beta testing, debuging, in one word "validation"
Phase 5, release.
Off course, it's only a basic plan and everyone have his own way of managing a teamwork but, what do u all think about that?
Jan