Would be nice if tables could be stored into FeatureDatatset. Now, the only place to write them is the geodatabase root level... Some tables belong to a FeatureDataset logical theme and so have to be into it.
"If it has no geometry, it cannot participate in topological relationships. And if it cannot participate, it has no place being in a Feature Dataset (FD)." (dananrg )
i don't agree. Geodatabases (personnal, file or sde) works on DBMS theorys, including relation between tables and normalization (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database_normalization). Thus, a table has a place being in a fd...
Why is to such a fundamental thing to add? Either add folders oder let people add tables to feature datasets. When you have 3 tables and one featureclass all having relationship classes between each other you can really fast just give up using the Katalog view to find anything...
Feature datasets are specific to storing spatial data that participates in a controller dataset. Non-spatial tables are not part controller datasets and therefore will not be part of feature datasets.
