[Xapian-discuss] Re: Practical example/explanation using an existing database

[James Aylett]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2007 at 10:49:25AM +0100, John Wards wrote:

> > Document data is just a blob. Stick anything you want in there - XML,
> > YAML... we use a simple text format inside omega (name=value pairs,
> > one line each).
> 
> Ah thats just set off a spark! I'm working in a XML based CMS....why
> didn't I think of that before! Store the XML!

This is *exactly* why we don't want to constrain what you put in there
:) - XML doesn't make sense for a lot of people, but if you have XML
lying around anyway, why not use that? You might want to trim it so
you only put some things in there (summary, title, changed,
authorship?).

J

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