Ideas for implementation of a MultiParadigmDatabaseImplementation. -------- '''Use Existing RDBMS:''' Rather than start from scratch, a common shortcut proposal is to use existing RDBMS and put a MPD-to-SQL translator on top of it, at least to build a proof-of-concept version. '''Suggestion #1''' columns (table) --------------- rowRef // f.k. to rows.rowID colRef numberVrsn // Numerical representation if applic. (Double Precision) textVrsn rows (table) ------------- rowID // auto-number rowText // full string of name/value pairs in format: aaa="foo",bbb=7,ccc="etc" [under construc