Both Doctrine and Andromeda use YAML files to describe the database[tables, columns, etc].
I had assumed[bad idea] that meant that YAML was widely used in that regard and there was a standardized YAML definition for database definitions. Now I'm in a bind....since I was talking to my father about that and it's one of the few new technologies he's actually interested in[he worked mainly with DB2 and other IBM offerings...seeing that he bleeds blue.... and has since retiring mainly been doing work in Access....yeah yeah, access is ugly and let's you design bad databases, but if you already have the database DESIGN skills in spades, Access lets you design a full blow application that you can give to someone else to use without them needing to install anything but access. So he uses it for things like cemetery plot usage applications for his cemetery....endangered animal tracking on his property, etc]. So now I'm wondering is YAML used in such a manner and is there a standard definition for how to use YAML, or is both Doctrine and Andromeda simply rolling their own systems? I don't want to point him to the main YAML site, because frankly outside of database design he really has no interest in learning another millionth computer language. -Gary
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