Associating a database record with each resource can help support the creative process. By pulling information together in different ways, a designer can examine multiple potential creative avenues before coding and implementation.
For example, say you want to put together an application about whales. Instead of having to remember the filenames for everything relevant to whales, you can instead use a database query to identify resource records that relate to whales, the ocean, and sailing. The database query could then collect all the resources that match these characteristics. Such resources might include pictures of whales, audio clips of whale songs, and text references to articles about whaling.