[Data-modeling] Denormalised data

[Christopher R. Maden]

Scott Meyer wrote:
> Since /cvg/game_version is a CVT, it seems like the reasonable thing
> to do to represent an "original version" is to create a new property,
> /cvg/computer_videogame/original_version, which also refers to something
> of type /cvg/game_version. Typically this would refer to a cvt which is
> also referred to by by the /cvg/computer_videogame/versions property
> so the cost is one extra primitive multiplied by 17,000 video games.

Except that it is impossible in the client and exceedingly difficult in
MQL to actually connect to an existing CVT; in practice, an “original
version” property would end up redundant with one of the versions anyway.

~Chris
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