I have coded many applications, both client and web, over my career, and I understand the importance of building a well-developed application from the ground up. Therefore, I found it important to write a piece based on my understanding of time series data versus relational data as someone with a unique understanding of both.
Relational Data
The main objective of relational data is to maintain an accurate representation of the current state of the world with respect to its objects and the relationships between them. This means that a relational database must maintain an accurate representation of that current state by allowing users to change the objects, which changes the relationships between them.