Re: Wim's Conf Proposal

alex black wrote:
> I like wim's conf proposal. Some points:
> 
>     -I would very much like to see no XML. Database would be _much_ better.
>     -The basic path-keys are very good. They would be easy to catalog 
> and they impose a little logical structure on the values
>     -We could use damn-near the same code for string IDs if we chose to 
> use them (more on that in a minute)
...

> So basically I am proposing that conf use a 'dictionary' simpleEntity 
> with very basic read/write methods that include simple validation.
> 
> I would like to see Locale use this same dictionary simpleEntity for 
> translation services using string keys that look the same as conf. We 
> _could_ allow aliases in the dictionary entity so that string keys could 
> reference other string keys.
> 
> Do people agree with this?

- how will you store default values in svn? a sql dump? current xml 
format has the advantage of being strong, typed and can be checked 
against a dtd.

- since we store a tree, why not use nested sets like in categories?
probably too much overhead and complexity?


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Jean-Christophe Michel