Re: [Exist-development] Metadata in eXist

[James F. <jam...@ex...>]

On 29 July 2010 16:27, Patrick Bosek <pat...@jo...> wrote:
> It looks like there is a lot of thought around using key/value pairs. What
> value does key/value provide over using a stored XML (similar to MarkLogic)?
> Because on the inverse of that, I can see a lot of value in being able to
> store more complex structures, as they can be simple key/value pairs at
> their simplest and more complex for users who have that need.

I think its safe to say that attributes do the same job as key/value
... e.g. I think introducing a new axis is a bit too much for this
kind of thing, we could just inject exist metadata attributes. This
means that when data is  backup/archive/extracted outside of eXist it
can retain its information.

> Also, which method is going to be easier to index with lucene?

good point and another reason why we should introduce metadata into
the natural xml structure instead of 'something else'.

James Fuller