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Re: ozone & modularity




> > Please tell us !
> 
> Currently ozone uses a straight forward solution to store XML: one DOM node is
> one database object. We encountered several problems with this. The questions
> is, waht is our goal with ozone/XML? If we just want to provide a foundation on
> which all possible XML tools should be able to run, then a persistent DOM is a
> must. If we decide to provide also query and other advanced features, then we
> are free to choose whatever kinf of storage seems to be suited. Taking in
> acount the great development speed of XML and related specs, IMO option two is
> not realistic. So we need a persistent DOM again. Am I right so far?
> 
> Today each node is an database object. The other extreme is to put one entire
> document into one database object. Which will lead to other problem IMO. So the
> best way to go is to split up one document into clusters of DOM nodes. The
> problem here is to find a way to make the crossover from one to another cluster
> transparent to the consumer of the DOM.

First thoughts of a new architecture were published here:

	http://www.ozone-db.org/ozone-users/08-2000/msg00076.html

Lars
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