- intermediately (clean-up phase)
  - write edb-t-timedate.el using abstractions provided by Emacs
  + trim db-time.el => renamed to edb-t-timedate1.el
  - use examples in "make check"
  - use selected bugs in "make check"
  - documentation
    - eliminate @findex and @vindex
    - mark all unsound items w/ @scadenza
  - move compilation from database.el to uninstalled "make"-time script
  - move to "db[a-z]-" and "database-" prefix namespace
  + move human name stuff from db-types.el => edb-t-human-names.el
  + move provincial stuff from db-types.el => edb-t-places-usuk.el

- eventually
  - use term "table" for collection of records
  - use term "database" for collection of tables
  - synthetic/dynamic/remote/etc data
  - observer-single and observer-batch protocol
  - reduce insert/delete lossage, use text properties and/or overlays
  - completely abstract link, replace w/ ring or ewoc
  - use external tar(1) to access encapsulated file tree
  - find more robust alternative to buffer-local variables
  - move to "edb-" prefix namespace
  - extend db-rdb.el to wrap subprocess interaction
  - redesign indexing to avoid befuddling OBOE potential
