Re: [Exist-development] Metadata in eXist

[Wolfgang M. <wol...@ex...>]

> 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 would prefer to use the appropriate standards for storing metadata,
for example, MODS for bibliographic information related to a document.
So basically I would not put any restrictions on the XML structure
which can be stored as metadata.

I don't like the idea of a property:: axis. If the metadata is an
ordinary document, you can just use standard XPath, e.g.
metadata("/db/my/doc.xml")//mods:titleInfo.

Wolfgang