On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Chris Anderson <jch...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Dean Landolt <d...@deanlandolt.com> > wrote: > > The bookmarks case you mention is interesting -- and definitely common. > The > > ordered list model is tough to accommodate, but you could always keep a > doc > > that maintains this order state. Ordering operations should always occur > > distinctly from document change operations, so local consistency > shouldn't > > be a problem. But I concede that this'll be damn tough to replicate. > > Damien once mentioned on IRC a clever way to do ordered lists. Keep > each item in it's own document, and store the list position as a > float. To insert an item between two others, average their > position-floats and use that. In the case of replication with other > items on the list from remote nodes, approximate order should be > preserved. Touché.
