Data Design: The Search For a Standard Person
OK all... if you had the chance to start from scratch, what data model would you use to keep contact info and the like for a person?
I'm planning a ground-up re-design of a class website and want to change the data model as I do. I was looking at the vCard standard (and obviously it has some merit for that particular integration) but was wondering if y'all have encountered one you prefer over it? It would serve as the basis for my user info model, but of course it would be a superset of the standard to allow for specializations specific to our alma mater.
Any thoughts?
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I'm planning a ground-up re-design of a class website and want to change the data model as I do. I was looking at the vCard standard (and obviously it has some merit for that particular integration) but was wondering if y'all have encountered one you prefer over it? It would serve as the basis for my user info model, but of course it would be a superset of the standard to allow for specializations specific to our alma mater.
Any thoughts?
(X-Posted to developers, databases & webdev)
