Relating to the 'real' Theories for and Experiences with Educational Database Systems

Literally a database is a collection1 of data. A collection implies some kind of order or structure and, quite obviously, the collection exists for a reason. The data in a database is more or less abstract information that relates to specific phenomena. A database has one or more creators. During or after creation there are database users. Like in libraries and archives, there are persons, rules and methods related to the correct creation, collection and use of the database. In digital database applications much of this is arranged through the database design, in particular the design of the database structure and the inter-