Joe, I have found after a long career in the data domain that my natural disposition is to model data into rectangular structures because mathematical manipulation typically requires it. I "think in rectangles" when it comes to data. More recently I have been dealing with json returned from an API which I know maps to dynamically changing web content on a commercial site. The structure required for the content presented is quite different with a mixture of unit record and aggregations across different grains, all on a single page. I am forming the view that web developers think differently. How people think about data, and how they model it, and to what extent is definitely evolving.
Joe, I have found after a long career in the data domain that my natural disposition is to model data into rectangular structures because mathematical manipulation typically requires it. I "think in rectangles" when it comes to data. More recently I have been dealing with json returned from an API which I know maps to dynamically changing web content on a commercial site. The structure required for the content presented is quite different with a mixture of unit record and aggregations across different grains, all on a single page. I am forming the view that web developers think differently. How people think about data, and how they model it, and to what extent is definitely evolving.
now throw in text, images, vectors, etc...the data world is exploding in new varieties